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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, with 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
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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, with 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, with 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 DVD home video:
The Adventurer (1917)
The Bank (1915)
Behind the Screen (1916)
Between Showers (1914)
The Bond (1918)
A Busy Day (1914)
By the Sea (1915)
Carmen (1915)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
The Champion (1915)
The Circus (1928)
City Lights (1931)
The Count (1916)
Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)
The Cure (1917)
A Day’s Pleasure (1919)
A Dog’s Life (1918)
Easy Street (1917)
The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914)
The Fatal Mallet (1914)
A Film Johnnie (1914)
The Fireman (1916)
The Floorwalker (1916)
Getting Acquainted (1914)
The Gold Rush (1925)
His Favorite Pastime (1914)
His Musical Career (1914)
His New Job (1915)
His New Profession (1914)
His Regeneration (1915)
The Idle Class (1921)
The Immigrant (1917)
In the Park (1915)
A Jitney Elopement (1915)
The Kid (1921)
Kid’s Auto Race (1914)
The Knockout (1914)
Laughing Gas (1914)
Mabel’s Married Life (1914)
Mabel’s Strange Predicament (1914)
Making a Living (1914)
The Masquerader (1914)
The New Janitor (1914)
A Night in the Show (1915)
A Night Out (1915)
One A.M. (1916)
The Pawnshop (1916)
Pay Day (1922)
The Pilgrim (1923)
Police! (1916)
Recreation (1914)
The Rink (1916)
The Rounders (1914)
Shanghaied (1915)
Shoulder Arms (1918)
The Star Boarder (1914)
Sunnyside (1919)
Tango Tangles (1914)
Those Love Pangs (1914)
Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914)
The Tramp (1915)
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
The Vagabond (1916)
A Woman (1915)
A Woman of Paris (1923)
Work (1915)
Collections and boxsets that include silent era Charles Chaplin films:
The Chaplin Collection, Volume 1 (1925-1952)
The Chaplin Collection, Volume 2 (1918-2003)
Chaplin: Collector’s Choice Double Feature (1914-1918)
Chaplin: Early Masterpieces (1915-1918)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Volume 1 (1917)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Volume 2 (1916)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Volume 3 (1916)
The Chaplin Mutual Comedies, 90th Anniversary Edition (1916-1917)
The Chaplin Revue (1918-1923)
Chaplin Sakuhin Shuu 5 (1917)
Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies, Volume 1 (1915)
Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies, Volume 2 (1915)
Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies, Volume 3 (1915-1918)
Chaplin: The Artist in His Prime (1914-1925)
Chaplin: The Collection (1914-19??)
Charles Chaplin: A First National Collection (1918-1923)
Charlie Chaplin: 57 Classics (1914-1921)
Charlie Chaplin Marathon (1914-1917)
Charlie Chaplin Short Comedy Classics (1915-1918)
The Essential Charlie Chaplin Collection (1914-1921)
Chaplin-related films available on DVD home video:
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)
Chaplin’s Art of Comedy (1966)
Chaplin’s Goliath (1996)
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
The Gentleman Tramp (1975)
Unknown Chaplin (1983)
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