Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Charley Chase
at Hal Roach
The Late Silents, 1927
(1927)
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Contents: Many Scrappy Returns (1927), The Way of All Pants (1927), What Women Did for Me (1927) and 15 other short films.
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 Sprocket Vault
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
Charley Chase at Hal Roach: The Late Silents, 1927 (1927), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Many Scrappy Returns (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Way of All Pants (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, What Women Did for Me (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and 15 other short films.
Kit Parker Films, distributed by VCI Entertainment,
unknown catalog number, UPC 7-60137-16273-5.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 26 November 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from print materials. held by world film archives and in private film collections
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary by film historian Richard M. Roberts; three bonus short subjects; and an extensive image gallery.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of these films.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.ca. Purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Sprocket Vault
2024 DVD edition
Charley Chase at Hal Roach: The Late Silents, 1927 (1927), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Many Scrappy Returns (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Way of All Pants (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, What Women Did for Me (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and 15 other short films.
Kit Parker Films, distributed by VCI Entertainment,
unknown catalog number, UPC 7-60137-16274-2.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard three-disc DVD keepcase; $34.95.
Release date: 26 November 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from print materials. held by world film archives and in private film collections
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary by film historian Richard M. Roberts; three bonus short subjects; and an extensive image gallery.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era CHARLEY CHASE films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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