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American Slapstick
Volume 2
(1915-1937)

 

Contents: Caught in the Park (1915), A Hash House Fraud (1915), Gussle’s Wayward Path (1915), Luke Joins the Navy (1916), Bliss (1917), By the Sad Sea Waves (1917), The Hobo (1917), Hey There! (1918), Don’t Shove! (1919), Looking for Trouble (1919), Charley Out West (1919), The Dippy Dentist (1920), Cinderella Cinders (1920), A Fresh Start (1920), Dodge Your Debts (1921), Whirl o’ the West (1921), At Your Service (1921), Be Reasonable (1921), Shiver and Shake (1922), Post No Bills (1923), Call the Wagon (1923), Oh! Shoot (1923), Jonah Jones (1924), Kid Speed (1924), Charley’s Aunt (1925), Hold Still (1926), Breezing Along (1927), Faro Nell (1929), Hollywood Runaround (1932) and Playboy Number One (1937).

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2008 DVD edition

American Slapstick, Volume 2 (1915-1937), black & white, 440 minutes total, not rated, including Caught in the Park (1915), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, A Hash House Fraud (1915), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Gussle’s Wayward Path (1915), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Luke Joins the Navy (1916), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, Bliss (1917), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, By the Sad Sea Waves (1917), black & white, 6 minutes, not rated, The Hobo (1917), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, Hey There! (1918), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Don’t Shove! (1919), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Looking for Trouble (1919), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Charley Out West (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Dippy Dentist (1920), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Cinderella Cinders (1920), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, A Fresh Start (1920), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, Dodge Your Debts (1921), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Whirl o’ the West (1921), black & white, 5 minutes, not rated, At Your Service (1921), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, Be Reasonable (1921), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated, Shiver and Shake (1922), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, Post No Bills (1923), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Call the Wagon (1923), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Oh! Shoot (1923) [excerpt], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Jonah Jones (1924), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Kid Speed (1924), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Charley’s Aunt (1925), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated, Hold Still (1926), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Breezing Along (1927), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated, Faro Nell (1929), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, Hollywood Runaround (1932), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, and Playboy Number One (1937), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated.

All Day Entertainment, distributed by Facets Video,
DV96585, UPC 7-36899-11822-8, ISBN 1-56580-777-4.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard three-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 22 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD collection has been mastered from 35mm and 16mm reduction prints.

The films feature musical accompaniment by Bernie Anderson, Ray Brubacher, Ben Model, Andrew Earle Simpson and Ethan Uslan.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this collection, see our Charley’s Aunt on home video and Cinderella Cinders on home video pages.

If you can still find it, this collection is recommended.

 
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