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Fiddlesticks
(1926)

All Day Entertainment
2007 DVD edition

The Harry Langdon Collection: Lost and Found (1924-1942), black & white, 624 minutes total, not rated, including Fiddlesticks (1926), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.

All Day Entertainment, distributed by Facets Multimedia,
DV95365, UPC 7-36899-11362-9.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio images in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; two plastic DVD trays with hinged disc holders in casebook; $39.95.
Release date: 26 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD collection of Harry Langdon short films (and a feature) has been mastered from generally very-good 35mm prints from a variety of archival and private collection sources.

The films are accompanied by music scores performed by the Snark Ensemble, the Redwine Jazz Band, and Franklin Stover.

Among the supplemental material is the documentary Lost and Found (2007) on Harry Langdon (75 minutes); a 20-page booklet featuring writings by Rob Farr, Bruce Lawton, Steve Massa, Ben Model, Wayne Powers, Richard M. Roberts, Andrew Earle Simpson, Dave Stevenson, Brent Walker and Ed Watz; television abridgements of Langdon films; early sound films; Langdon home movies, and more.

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Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition

Silent Comedy Classics, Volume 2 (1914-1928), black & white, 157 minutes total, not rated, including Fiddlesticks (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7381D, UPC 0-89218-73819-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 27 May 2014.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

Probably not a great presentation and this home video edition is not recommended.

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