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Chaplin
Sakuhin Shuu 5
(1917)

Contents: The Cure (1917), The Immigrant (1917) and The Adventurer (1917).

IVCF
2003 DVD edition

Chaplin Sakuhin Shuu 5 (1917), black & white, 64 minutes total, not rated, including The Cure (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Immigrant (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Adventurer (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

IVCF, IVCF-2186, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English? language intertitles, Japanese language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; ¥3500.
Release date: 20 June 2003.
Country of origin: Japan

This Japanese DVD collection contains three Chaplin Mutual comedies.

It is unknown whether 35mm or 16mm source materials were utilized for the video transfers.

If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.

This Region 2 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .