American slapstick. Volume 2 / produced with the cooperation of Looser Than Loose Publishing and Silent Cinema Presentations Inc., The Silent Clowns Film Series ; directed by Hal Roach, Alf Goulding and Jack White.
Publisher:
Allday Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
3 videodiscs (approximately 440 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, James Parrott, Oliver Hardy, Billy West, Syd Chaplin, Alice Howell, Louise Fazenda. Originally released as motion pictures between 1915 and 1937. Full screen. Special features: Introductions: Disc 1. Harold Lloyd: portrait of the artist as a young man; the Hal Roach B-list players; Educational: the spice of the program. Disc 2. Charlie without Chaplin; Chaplin without Charlie. Disc 3. Hearts and havoc; The girlie show; Talkies.
Contents:
Disc 1: Luke joins the Navy (9/3/16) (4:29) -- By the sad sea waves (9/30/17) (6:02) -- Bliss (10/14/17) (11:44) -- Hey there (4/28/18) (10:06) -- Don't shove (8/31/19) (9:38) -- Dodge your debts (10/16/21) (10:23) -- Looking for trouble (12/20/19) (9:08) -- Whirl o'the west (1/23/21) (5:22) -- The dippy dentist (1/25/20) (8:48) -- Shiver and shake (10/22/22) (3:34) -- Post no bills (8/5/23) (9:51) -- A fresh start (7/20/20) (16:59) -- Kid speed (11/16/24) (18:32) -- Jonah Jones (9/21/24) (13:48) -- Breezing along (5/1/27) (16:28). Disc 2: Sullivan/Messmer cartoons (11:18) -- The hobo (11/1/17) (20:47) -- Oh! Shoot (excerpt) (7/30/23) (13:17) -- Caught in a park (2/6/15) (13:04) -- Gussle's wayward path (4/3/15) (13:38) -- Charley's aunt (4/30/25) (71:18). Disc 3: Be reasonable (12/12/21) (15:39) --At your service (11/9/21) (7:13) -- Call the wagon (12/12/23) (19:12) -- Cinderella Cinders (5/30/20) (18:50) -- Hold still (10/10/26) (9:57) -- A hash house fraud (6/10/15) (11:30) -- Faro Nell (10/5/29) (18:04) -- Hollywood runaround (12/18/32) (17:24) -- Playboy number one (11/26/37) (16:56).
Summary:
They were the bad boy superstars of the Jazz Age. They told jokes without words, with punchlines made from brickbats and cream pies. Comedy shorts that have been mastered from archival elements and rare collections.
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