Essential Charlie Chaplin Collection

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Summary: classic classic charlie chaplin
Review: this is the best chaplin ever. Pay no attention to the people that gave bad reviews on this item.Its not bad quality at all,allthoughits very hard to get chaplins keystones in good shape because there so old. the rest is fine.This massive 12 disc box set has over 18 hours of nothing but legend Charlie Chaplin. Its worth the money.

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Summary: EXTREMELY Disappointing
Review: This review is for the "Essential Charlie Chaplin Collection" box set from Delta Entertainment. Oh what this set could have been... The films contained in this collection are almost a complete selection of Chaplin's early work - from his first Keystone through the masterful Mutual series. Unfortunately, the prints of the films in the compilation are nothing less than terrible. Added to the misery of this collection is a terrible soundtrack and incorrect projection speeds. If you're looking for a great intro to Chaplin, choose DVDs from a producer that cares about the quality of their product.

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Summary: Disapointed but willing to compromise
Review: Yes, it's too bad: this should have been a fantastic set.
Never having seen Chaplin's earliest works, being a fan since
my pre-teens, I was excited by the potential of these DVD's.
Now, I'm no film historian or expert, but... I was immediately
struck by the poor quality of the images, the fact that actors'
heads were chopped off, the framing obviously out of whack,
and what's with the godawful music? I like to think that anyone
capable of putting together such an ambitious project would want to take the care to do it justice. Alas... This seems to have
thrown together for capital gain, lacking much sense of artistic
integrity. Ick.
(Note: I've only seen the first two DVD's so far... I hear things get better later on.)