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Bad Boy
(1925)
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 All Day Entertainment
2009 DVD edition
Becoming Charley Chase (1915-1926), black & white, 460 minutes total, not rated, including Bad Boy (1925), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by VCI Entertainment,
8562, UPC 0-89859-85622-8, ISBN 1-55739-587-X.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 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 sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard four-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 28 July 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print with a reasonable greyscale range and image details.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Ben Model, The Snark Ensemble, Andrew Earle Simpson, Redwine Jazz, and the West End Jazz Band.
Right now, this is our recommended home video editon of the film.
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2011 DVD edition
Cut the the Chase: The Charley Chase Collection (1924-1926), black & white, 303 minutes total, not rated, including Bad Boy (1925), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, Mile00118,
UPC 7-84148-01184-4, ISBN 978-1-933920-14-6.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed and 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 sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD collection of Charley Chase films is a supplement to other Chase previously-released collections.
The discs have been mastered from a combination of 35mm and 16mm source prints. The prints are generally good to very-good in quality, with a few exceptions at both extremes.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Ben Model, David Drazin, David Knutsen, Donald Sosin, and Rodney Sauer.
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 Falcon Picture Group
2002 DVD edition
Famous Comedy Legends, Volume 1 (1915-1947), black & white, 324 minutes total, not rated, including Bad Boy (1925), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated.
Falcon Picture Group, 1009,
UPC 8-22583-10099-7, ISBN 1-59171-009-X.
Three single-sided, single-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 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; three standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $24.99.
Release date: 1 July 2002.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 2 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This DVD boxset is full of low-quality video transfers of short and feature-length films. At the time of its release, the majority of the titles were previously available from other budget disc producers of similar low-quality. At the time of its release, this boxset only premiered Bad Boy (1925) on home video and in such a horrible presentation as to not even count.
While the temptation is to get three discs for a low price, the quality of prints used for the video transfers are commensurately low.
Bad Boy is available in higher-quality home video editions elsewhere. Not recommended and it’s out-of-print now, anyway. No loss.
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Other silent era CHARLEY CHASE films available on home video.
Other KEYSTONE comedy films available on home video.
Other silent era ROSCOE ARBUCKLE films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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