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Triple Trouble
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 1999 Madacy Entertainment edition
Triple Trouble (1918), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated,
with Cruel, Cruel Love (1914), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, A Film Johnnie (1914), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, His New Profession (1914) [rereleased as The Good-for-Nothing], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Tango Tangles (1914) [rereleased as Charlie’s Recreation], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, and Work (1915), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated.
Madacy Entertainment Group, DVD9 9103, UPC 0-56775-03619-5.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one double-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, 3 Mbps average video bit rate, 448 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 3 chapter stops, keep case, $11.98.
DVD release date: 2 March 1999.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 4 / additional content: 1 / overall: 3.
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 This edition has been transferred from a good latter-day 16mm reduction print, with new intertitles, that at least holds much of its shadow details, even in some of its darkest sections.
Not a horrible viewing experience — heaven knows there are plenty of bad-looking prints of Chaplin’s early films, but we recommend instead the Image edition of Triple Trouble to all viewers.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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 1999 Madacy Entertainment edition
Triple Trouble (1918), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated,
with Cruel, Cruel Love (1914), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, A Film Johnnie (1914), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, His New Profession (1914) [rereleased as The Good-for-Nothing], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Tango Tangles (1914) [rereleased as Charlie’s Recreation], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, and Work (1915), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated.
Madacy Entertainment Group, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, single-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 3 chapter stops, keep case, unknown suggested retail price.
DVD release date: 1999.
Country of origin: USA
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A repackaging of the same Madacy DVD program reviewed above was also issued under a different title and on two discs, with a slipcase wraparound, as Chaplin: Hollywood Classics. No doubt, just as rough.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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 1998 Madacy Entertainment edition
Triple Trouble (1918), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated,
with Cruel, Cruel Love (1914), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, A Film Johnnie (1914), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, His New Profession (1914) [rereleased as The Good-for-Nothing], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Tango Tangles (1914) [rereleased as Charlie’s Recreation], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, and Work (1915), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated, and other Chaplin short films.
Madacy Entertainment Group, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, single-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 3 chapter stops, keep case, unknown suggested retail price.
DVD release date: 1998.
Country of origin: USA
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Yet another Madacy repackaging — this a box set — of the content reviewed above. Have they no shame in their repackaging attempts to deceive the consumer?
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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| Other silent era CHARLES CHAPLIN films available on home video. |
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