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Larry Semon
An Underrated Genius
Volumes 1 and 2
(1917-1927)

Contents: Plagues and Puppy Love (1917), Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies (1917), Pluck and Plotters (1918), Scamps and Scandals (1919), The Fly Cop (1920), The Sportsman (1920), The Suitor (1920), A Pair of Kings (1922), Horseshoes (1923) and Spuds (1927) [fragment].

2006 Looser Than Loose Publishing DVD edition

Larry Semon, An Underrated Genius, Volumes 1 and 2 (1917-1927), black & white, 140 minutes, not rated,
including Plagues and Puppy Love (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Pluck and Plotters (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Scamps and Scandals (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fly Cop (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Sportsman (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Suitor (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Pair of Kings (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Horseshoes (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Spuds (1927) [fragment], black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Looser Than Loose Publishing, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, single-layered DVD-R discs, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, two-disc standard DVD keepcase, $29.00.
DVD release date: August 2006.
Country of origin: USA

This budget edition has been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.

Supplemental material includes a full-color Italian poster and portrait gallery (18 images), synopses by Cole Johnson and Dave Stevenson, and notes on print quality and sources.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from LOOSER THAN LOOSE PUBLISHING.

Other silent era LARRY SEMON films available on home video:
Larry Semon, Volume 1 (1918-1927)
Larry Semon, Volume 2 (1917-1925)
The Wizard of Oz (1925)

Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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