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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2009 by Carl Bennett.
All Rights Reserved.
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The Nut
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 2008 Flicker Alley edition
Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer (1916-1921),
color-toned black & white, color-tinted black & white and black & white,
760 minutes total, not rated,
including The Nut (1921), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated,
with His Picture in the Papers (1916), color-toned black & white, 62 minutes, not rated, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916), color-toned black & white, 27 minutes, not rated, Flirting with Fate (1916), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated, The Matrimaniac (1916), black & white, 46 minutes, not rated, Wild and Woolly (1917), color-toned black & white, 72 minutes, not rated, Reaching for the Moon (1917), color-toned black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, A Modern Musketeer (1917), color-tinted black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, When the Clouds Roll By (1919), color-toned black & white, 86 minutes, not rated, The Mollycoddle (1920), color-toned black & white, 85 minutes, not rated, and The Mark of Zorro (1920), color-toned black & white, 107 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0011, UPC 6-17311-67359-7, ISBN: 1-8939-6735-2.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, slimline keep cases in cardboard slipcase, $89.95.
DVD release date: 2 December 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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 Our first look at this five-disc, eleven-film collection has generally been a delight, and the release of these films on DVD home video has been a long time coming for the relatively neglected Douglas Fairbanks. At first overwhelming, this collection of films released by Triangle, Artcraft Pictures and Fairbanks’ own United Artists is a great overview of the first phase of Fairbanks’ motion picture career, predominantly comprised of his light-hearted comedies, leading to the well-known action-adventure films of the 1920s.
The film is accompanied by a musical score performed by Philip Carli.
Included is a 32-page booklet with an essay by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta. The supplemental material includes productions stills and pressbook reproductions, an audio essay for A Modern Musketeer, and a reproduction of Fairbanks’ first film contract. This boxset collection won an award at Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2009 for excellence.
Note: A few DVD players have encountered problems playing some discs in this boxset. Flicker Alley has inititated a program to replace defective discs from this Fairbanks set. Click here to report defective discs.
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a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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