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Summary: The KEYSTONE Chaplin Comedies need some restoration!
Review: As of the end of 2003, Delta is the only company offering the Charlie Chaplin Keystone Comedies on DVD. Unlike Blackhawk-Image's "ESSANEY & MUTUAL" collections and Warner Brothers offerings, this collection is FAR from restored. Many of the comedies are soft, grainy, contrasty, and heavily cropped (the heads are cut off in the last short).Keep in mind that this may be the best source material in existance, many silent films are totally lost. The sources vary, some are from foreign issues with French title & dialogue cards, others are re-issues from various companies (one title card states this is Charlie Chaplin from 20 years ago!). The films are presented in chronological order:
2/2/14 MAKING A LIVING (Chaplin's first; The lack of title cards makes it hard to follow. This same print was previously released on Laserdisc)
2/7/14 KID AUTO RACES
2/9/14 MABLE'S STRANGE PREDICAMENT (In French only)
2/28/14 BETWEEN SHOWERS
3/2/14 FILM JOHNNY (Takes place at the Keystone Studio as they are making a film!)
3/9/14 CHARLIE'S RECREATION (re-issue title for TANGO TANGLES)
3/16/14 HIS FAVORITE PASTIME (In French only - heads are cropped off.) Maybe David Sheppard will work on restoring these in the future. But for now it is the only game in town, and at only $7.99 a disc it is well worth it!
Rating:
Summary: The KEYSTONE Chaplin Comedies need some restoration!
Review: As of the end of 2003, Delta is the only company offering the Charlie Chaplin Keystone Comedies on DVD. Unlike Blackhawk-Image's "ESSANEY & MUTUAL" collections and Warner Brothers offerings, this collection is FAR from restored. Many of the comedies are soft, grainy, contrasty, and heavily cropped (the heads are cut off in the last short). Keep in mind that this may be the best source material in existance, many silent films are totally lost. The sources vary, some are from foreign issues with French title & dialogue cards, others are re-issues from various companies (one title card states this is Charlie Chaplin from 20 years ago!). The films are presented in chronological order:
2/2/14 MAKING A LIVING (Chaplin's first; The lack of title cards makes it hard to follow. This same print was previously released on Laserdisc)
2/7/14 KID AUTO RACES
2/9/14 MABLE'S STRANGE PREDICAMENT (In French only)
2/28/14 BETWEEN SHOWERS
3/2/14 FILM JOHNNY (Takes place at the Keystone Studio as they are making a film!)
3/9/14 CHARLIE'S RECREATION (re-issue title for TANGO TANGLES)
3/16/14 HIS FAVORITE PASTIME (In French only - heads are cropped off.) Maybe David Sheppard will work on restoring these in the future. But for now it is the only game in town, and at only $7.99 a disc it is well worth it!
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