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Battling Butler
(1926)

Buster Keato n’s boxing film is not as well known as his other features, but is just as funny. It is a pleasure to see a comic master at work.

1999 Kino International edition

Battling Butler (1926), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated,
with The Haunted House (1921), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated, and The Frozen North (1922), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K128DVD, UPC 7-38329-01282-3.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, snapper case (reissued in keep case, and in slimeline keep case), $29.99 (reduced to $24.95).
DVD release date: 26 October 1999.
Country of origin: USA

We have not seen the DVD. We have seen the program material as previously released on laserdisc.

The DVD also includes The Haunted House (1921) and The Frozen North (1922). Our expectation is that each film is of identical or slightly improved picture quality as the laserdisc edition. We were pleased with the prints utilized for the video transfers on the laserdiscs. There is no reason to assume that the DVD editions will be flawed in comparison. On our familiarity with the Keaton films here, and on our viewing of the laserdisc editions, we heartily recommend this DVD.

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

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

Other silent era BUSTER KEATON films available on home video.

Buster Keaton filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List

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