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Silent comedy classics.

LIBRA DVD PN1997.A1 .S5546 2009
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Chase, Charley, 1893-1940, actor.
Parrott, James, 1898-1939, actor.
Hardy, Oliver, 1892-1957, actor.
McCarey, Leo, film director.
Bunny, John, 1863-1915, actor.
Finch, Flora, 1869-1940, actor.
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, film director, actor.
Boland, Eddie, 1885-1935, actor.
Hal Roach Studios
Vitagraph Company of America
Keystone Film Company
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
short subjects.
Silent films.
Short films.
Comedy films.
Genre:
Feature films
Comedy films
Fiction films
Short films
Silent films
Slapstick comedy films
Silent films.
Comedy films.
Slapstick comedy films.
Fiction films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (207 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition:
Special ed.
Place of Publication:
Narberth, PA : Alpha Home Entertainment, ©2009.
System Details:
DVD (NTSC); full screen 4:3.
Summary:
A selection of silent comedy short films, plus a 1987 film that is a homage to the comedy shorts of Charley Chase.
Contents:
Fluttering hearts (1927) / Hal Roach Studios ; directed by James Parrott; featuring Charley Chase and Oliver Hardy
Mighty like a moose (1926) / Hal Roach Studios ; directed by Leo McCarey ; featuring Charley Chase and Vivian Oakland
The caretakers daughter (1925) / Hal Roach Studios ; directed by Leo McCarey ; featuring Charley Chase
Be your age (1926) / Hal Roach Studios ; directed by Leo McCarey ; featuring Charley Chase and Oliver Hardy
Forgotten sweeties (1927) / Hal Roach Studios ; directed by James Parrott / featuring Charley Chase
Late to lunch (1987) / directed by and starring John K. Carpenter
The locket, or, when she was twenty (1913) / Vitagraph ; featuring John Bunny, Flora Finch, Leah Baird, Robert Gaillord
Laffing gas (AKA Laughing gas, 1914) / Keystone ; directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
The face on the barroom floor (1914) / Keystone ; directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
Post no bills (1923) / Hal Roach Studios ; directed by Ralph Cedar ; featuring Paul Parrott
Prince Pistachio (1921) / produced by Hal Roach ; directed by Nicholas T. Barrows ; featuring Eddie Boland
Exhibitors convention (1925): newsreel footage of the 23rd Annual Convention of the Fox Film Corporation; featured guests include Tom Mix and Jack Dempsey.
Notes:
Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Originally produced as a motion pictures, 1914-1987.
Title from disc label.
OCLC:
600277479
Publisher Number:
089218594198
ALP 5941D Alpha Video

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