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A Festival of
Silent Comedy

Volume 1
(1914-1929)

 

Contents: Caught in the Rain (1914), Sold at Auction! (1923), April Fool (1924), Smithy (1924), War Feathers (1926) and Reckless Rosie (1929).

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2004 DVD edition

A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume 1 (1914-1929), black & white, 109 minutes total, not rated, including Caught in the Rain (1914), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Sold at Auction! (1923), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, April Fool (1924), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Smithy (1924), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, War Feathers (1926), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, and Reckless Rosie (1929), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.

Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-87612-2.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in 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 stereo sound; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; no chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.00.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R collection has been mastered from 16mm reduction prints. The slightly windowboxed, natural-speed video transfer is slightly rotated counter-clockwise and a bit on the dark side.

The films are presented with music scores performed on piano by Ben Model. One of the highlights of the presentation is the music score.

For our reviews of some the individual films, see our April Fool on home video, Caught in the Rain on home video, Reckless Rosie on home video, Sold at Auction! on home video and Smithy on home video pages.

 
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