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The Playhouse
(1921)
on

1999 Kino International edition

The Playhouse (1921), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated, with The General (1926), color-toned black & white and black & white, 75 minutes, not rated, and Cops (1922), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K131DVD, UPC 7-38329-01312-7.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, 192? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, snapper case (reissued in keep case, and in slimline keep case), $29.99 (reduced to $24.95).
DVD release date: 26 October 1999.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this best-available edition of The Playhouse reveals a very-good to excellent 35mm source print for the natural-speed, full-frame video transfer.

The film is accompanied by a piano and violin music score compiled by Robert Israel.

 

 

 

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Other silent era Buster Keaton films available on DVD home video:
Battling Butler (1926)
The Cameraman (1928)
College (1927)
The General (1926)
Go West (1925)
My Wife’s Relations (1922)
The Navigator (1924)
Our Hospitality (1923)
The Saphead (1920)
Seven Chances (1925)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Spite Marriage (1929)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Three Ages (1923)

About Buster Keaton:
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton at MGM (2004)

Collections and boxsets that include silent era Buster Keaton films:
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume 1 (1917-1919)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume 2 (1918-1920)
The Art of Buster Keaton (1920-1962)
The Best Arbuckle Keaton Collection (1917-1918)
Buster Keaton Collection (1928-1930)
The Cook and Other Treasures (1917-1920)
Keaton Plus (1921-1962)
Keystone Kops Festival / Buster Keaton Festival (1913-1922)

Other Buster Keaton films available on DVD home video:
The Railrodder (1965) with Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
The Twilight Zone, Volume 10 includes episode “Once Upon a Time” starring Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List

 
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