Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Pie-Eyed
(1925)
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This short comedy, directed by Scott Pembroke) and Joe Rock, stars Stan Laurel and Thelma Hill, with Glen Cavender and Budd Fine.
A drunk (Laurel) disrupts a dinner club restaurant, then ends up in the wrong apartment.
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 Flicker Alley
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition
Laurel or Hardy: Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1914-1926), black & white, 590 minutes total, not rated, including Pie-Eyed (1925), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0073, UPC 6-17311-68739-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (two BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 864 Mbps average audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 2 chapter stops; 32-page insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 29 January 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from 2K high definition scans of archival film elements.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin.
Supplemental material includes an image gallery featuring photographs from the Library of Congress collections; and a 32-page insert booklet with film notes from film historian Rob Stone, as well as notes on the restorations from Lobster Film’s Serge Bromberg.
This is our recommended home video edition of this film.
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Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Film Preservation Associates
2002 DVD edition
Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated, including Pie-Eyed (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0699DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-06992-1.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; five standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 7 May 2002.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 35mm reconstruction print with new intertitles and that is without a main title, that is comprised of a number of very-good to excellent 35mm and 16mm elements.
The film is accompanied by a music score arranged by Robert Israel, performed by an ensemble.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of this film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Madacy Entertainment
2012 DVD edition
Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated, including Pie-Eyed (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Madacy Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment,
VB951290, UPC 6-28261-12909-6.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 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 and mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; rollfold cardboard DVD videobook with cardboard disc pockets, $16.98.
Release date: 25 September 2012.
Country of origin: Canada
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This budget DVD edition of the mammoth silent comedy collection has been released by the questionable company historically responsible for some of the worst-looking silent film DVDs ever released. However, it is apparent that the video masters prepared by producer David Shepard have been licensed and utilized for this budget edition. The same files (including the menus) as prepared for the edition above have been utilized for this edition.
We caution that disc mastering makes a huge difference in the visual quality of DVDs. Since the content has been manufactured onto five double-sided discs, and if proper care has been taken to master the DVDs, the visual quality is comparable to the 2002 Image edition noted above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other silent era STAN LAUREL films available on home video. |
