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Silent Comedy
Marathon

Volume 6
(1916-1929)

 

Contents: A Movie Star (1916), Won by a Fowl (1917), Herman Hero (1919), Heroic Ambrose (1919), Cinderella Cinders (1920), Monkey-Shines (1920), Dodge Your Debts (1921), Not Wanted (1924), Weak Knees (1925) and Hot Sports (1929).

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2016 DVD edition

Silent Comedy Marathon, Volume 6 (1916-1929), black & white, 165 minutes total, not rated, including A Movie Star (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Won by a Fowl (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Herman Hero (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Heroic Ambrose (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Cinderella Cinders (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Monkey-Shines (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Dodge Your Debts (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Not Wanted (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Weak Knees (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Hot Sports (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7814D, UPC 0-89218-78149-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 21 June 2016.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from 16mm and/or 8mm reduction prints.

The films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting recordings.

We wouldn’t recommend this below-average disc but just a few of the films are available nowhere else on home video. Most of the films are available in better-looking editions elsewhere.

 
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other KEYSTONE comedy films available on home video.

 
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