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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2010 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.
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Ham
The Lost Magic of
Lloyd Hamilton
(1915-1932) |
Contents: “Ham” and the Sausage Factory (1915), “Ham” in a Harem (1915), The Phoney Cannibal (1915), Raskey’s Road Show (1915), The Spook Raisers (1915), The Great Detective (1916), Good Evening Judge (1916), The Love Magnet (1916), [unidentified Ham and Bud] possibly Rival Fakers (1916), The Model Janitor (1917), A Flyer in Flapjacks (1917), The Deadly Doughnut (1917), The Bathtub Bandit (1917), [unidentified Fox Sunshine clip] probably from His Musical Sneeze (1919), April Fool (1920) [9.5mm fragment], His Darker Self (1924), Jonah Jones (1924), Crushed (1924), Hooked (1925) [16mm fragment], Careful, Please (1926), Nobody’s Business (1926), Nothing Matters (1926) [reel one only], Move Along (1926), Casper’s Weekend (1928), Don’t Be Nervous (1929), Toot Sweet (1929), Good Morning Sheriff (1930), and Hollywood on Parade (1932). Among the supporting players are Bud Duncan, Stanley Blystone, Eddie Boland, Louise Carver, Glen Cavender, Kit Guard, Thelma Hill, Babe London, Blanche Payson and Dick Sutherland.
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2006 Looser Than Loose Publishing edition
Ham: The Lost Magic of Lloyd Hamilton (1915-1932),
black & white, 350 minutes total, not rated.
Looser Than Loose Publishing, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep cases, $65.00 (available individually at $19.95 per disc).
DVD release date: August 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This five-disc edition have been mastered from 16mm reduction prints, with one 9.5mm reduction print. Supplemental materials include liner notes by Steve Massa, “Oh No! What Happened to Bud Duncan?,” a glass slide show, a photo gallery, a Jonah Jones press sheet, and a Lloyd Hamilton theme performed by Ben Model.
The films are presented with preexisting 78RPM recordings, and with the original sound-film soundtracks.
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available from Looser Than Loose Publishing.
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