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A Film Johnnie
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 1999 Madacy Entertainment edition
A Film Johnnie (1914), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated,
with Cruel, Cruel Love (1914), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, His New Profession (1914) [rereleased as The Good-for-Nothing], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Tango Tangles (1914) [rereleased as Charlie’s Recreation], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Work (1915), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated, and Triple Trouble (1918), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Madacy Entertainment Group, DVD9 9103, UPC 0-56775-03619-5.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one double-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, 3 Mbps average video bit rate, 448 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 2 chapter stops, keep case, $11.98.
DVD release date: 2 March 1999.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 4 / additional content: 1 / overall: 3.
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 This edition has been mastered from a contrasty but fair-quality 16mm reduction print that originates from a 1930s rerelease print from Exhibitors Pictures Corporation. The print is overcropped on the left side, blurry and quite speckled, which is not helped by the coarse, grayed-out sound-speed video transfer. Painful to watch, but we’ve not yet seen a better-looking print.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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 1999 Madacy Entertainment edition
A Film Johnnie (1914), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated,
with Cruel, Cruel Love (1914), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, His New Profession (1914) [rereleased as The Good-for-Nothing], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Tango Tangles (1914) [rereleased as Charlie’s Recreation], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Work (1915), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated, and Triple Trouble (1918), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Madacy Entertainment Group, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, single-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 2 chapter stops, keep case, unknown suggested retail price.
DVD release date: 1999.
Country of origin: USA
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A repackaging of the same Madacy DVD program reviewed above was also issued under a different title and on two discs, with a slipcase wraparound, as Chaplin: Hollywood Classics. No doubt, just as rough.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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 1998 Madacy Entertainment edition
A Film Johnnie (1914), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated,
with Cruel, Cruel Love (1914), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, His New Profession (1914) [rereleased as The Good-for-Nothing], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Tango Tangles (1914) [rereleased as Charlie’s Recreation], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Work (1915), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated, and Triple Trouble (1918), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, and other Chaplin short films.
Madacy Entertainment Group, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, single-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 2 chapter stops, keep case, unknown suggested retail price.
DVD release date: 1998.
Country of origin: USA
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Yet another Madacy repackaging, this a boxset, of the content reviewed above. Have they no shame in their repackaging attempts to deceive the consumer?
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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Other silent era CHARLES CHAPLIN films available on home video.
Other MABEL NORMAND films available on home video.
Other KEYSTONE comedy films available on home video.
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| Charles Chaplin filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List |
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