| Description |
3 videodiscs (280 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Harold Lloyd, Stan Laurel, Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Snub Pollard, Billy Bevan, Larry Semon. |
| Note |
Originally released as motion pictures between 1914 and 1929. |
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Contains 17 silent comedy classics and archival rarities. |
| Summary |
Expect to find exploding cars, innocent bystanders smacked in the head with hammers, half-naked underware models chased by cross-dressing villains, auctioneers crawling across airplane wings to retrieve false teeth, memory-impaired lovers, somnambulists, drunken reprobates, deranged acrobats, and the Keystone Kops. |
| Contents |
Disc one: Caught in the rain / Charlie Chaplin (1914, 14 min.) ; Laughing gas / Charlie Chaplin (1914, 11 min.) ; A submarine pirate / Syd Chaplin (1915, 27 min.) ; Cupid's rival / Billy West (1917, 28 min.) ; The bond / Charlie Chaplin (1918, 9 min.) -- Disc two: Golf / Larry Semon (1922, 27 min.) ; Lizzies of the field / Billy Bevan (1924, 14 min.) ; Heavy love / The Ton of Fun (1926, 20 min.) ; Uppercuts / Jack Duffy (1926, 11 min.) ; Beauty and the bump / Perry Murdock (1927, 16 min.) ; Reckless Rosie / Frances Lee (1929, 11 min.) -- Disc three: Luke's movie muddle / Harold Lloyd (1916, 10 min.) ; Pay your dues / Harold Lloyd (1919, 13 min.) ; The nonskid kid / Eddie Boland (1922, 11 min.) ; Sold at auction / Snub Pollard (1923, 22 min.) ; Smithy / Stan Laurel (1924, 14 min.) ; Forgotten sweeties / Charley Chase (1927, 21 min.). |
| Note |
Special features: Disc one: Audio commentary by film historian David Kalat on "A submarine pirate;" super-secret bonus short. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Models (Persons) -- Drama.
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Female impersonators -- Drama.
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Auctioneers -- Drama.
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Memory disorders -- Drama.
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Alcoholics -- Drama.
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Acrobats -- Drama.
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Police -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Short films.
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Comedy films.
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Slapstick comedy -- Short.
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Short films.
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Comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971.
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Laurel, Stan.
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West, Billy, 1893-1975.
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Hardy, Oliver, 1892-1957.
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Chase, Charley, 1893-1940.
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Pollard, Snub, 1889-1962.
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Bevan, Billy, 1887-1957.
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Semon, Larry, 1889-1928.
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Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
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Chaplin, Syd, 1885-1965.
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Duffy, Jack, 1882-1939.
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Murdock, Perry.
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Lee, Frances, 1908-2000.
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Boland, Eddie, 1885-1935.
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Allday Entertainment (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
014381358124 |
| Music No. |
ADE3581DVD Image Entertainment |
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