Title from container. Harold Lloyd, Stan Laurel, Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Snub Pollard, Billy Bevan, Larry Semon. Originally released as motion pictures between 1914 and 1929. Contains 17 silent comedy classics and archival rarities. Special features: Disc one: Audio commentary by film historian David Kalat on "A submarine pirate;" super-secret bonus short.
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.).
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.
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