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The Birth of
the Tramp

(2013)

 

This documentary, directed by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange of Lobster Films, focuses on the early years of Charles Chaplin’s motion picture career from vaudeville through the Mutual period. The documentary includes interviews with film historian Kevin Brownlow, Chaplin biographer David Robinson, and (rights controller for the Chaplin Estate) Roy Export’s Kate Guyonvarch.

coverFlicker Alley
2014 Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition

Chaplin’s Mutual Comedies 1916-1917 (1916-2013), black & white, 400 minutes total, not rated, including The Birth of the Tramp (2013), color and black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0034,
UPC 0-17311-67859-2, ISBN 1-893967-859.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Discs, 1.78:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive? scan MPEG-4 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Mbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; and three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD discs, 1.78:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (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; five-disc BD/DVD steelbook; $59.99.
Release date: 19 August 2014.
Country of origin: USA

Among this collection’s supplemental material is this new documentary, The Birth of the Tramp (2013). The documentary is presented in this collection on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.

The collection is issued in limited-edition steelbook packaging, which we feel must be handled gingerly to avoid damaging its discs and the case itself.

 
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Other silent era CHARLES CHAPLIN films available on home video.

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