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Pay Day
(1922)
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This collection contains the last of Charles Chaplin’s short films, made under his First National contract.
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 CBS/Fox Home Video
2000 DVD edition
Charles Chaplin: A First National Collection (1918-1923), black & white, 206 minutes total, not rated, including Pay Day (1922), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated.
CBS/Fox Home Video, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID9177CUDVD, UPC 0-14381-91772-7.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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 4.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 1.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; snapper DVD case; $29.99.
Release date: 8 February 2000.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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This DVD collection has been mastered from archival 35mm print materials. It appears that the masters from the 1993 Chaplin: A Legacy of Laughter laserdisc series have been utilized for this and other year 2000 Chaplin DVD releases.
The film is accompanied by a music score supervised by Chaplin from the soundtrack of his approved rerelease print.
Supplemental material includes Chaplin’s noncommercial short film Nice and Friendly (1922); rejected footage from Shoulder Arms; and footage of General Leonard Wood’s visit to the set of Shoulder Arms.
This disc is now contractually out-of-print to make way for another Chaplin family-authorized compilation of these films. This edition is still available as a previously-owned item but the costs asked are usually outrageous.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Reelclassicdvd.com
200? DVD edition
Charlie Chaplin Rarities (1921-1922), black & white, 90 minutes total, not rated, including Pay Day (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-87562-0.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 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 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD case; $19.98.
Release date: ?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film may be accompanied by a custom music score.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
REELCLASSIC DVD through . . .
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Other silent era CHARLES CHAPLIN films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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Charles Chaplin filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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