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The Wrong Mr. Fox
(1917)

The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917) with Victor Moore. Ham actor Jimmie Fox (Moore) bound for Canaan, Vermont, is mistaken for Reverend John Fox bound for Canaan, New Hampshire. Jimmie’s ‘sermon’ is funny.

2002 Image Entertainment edition

Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated,
including The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID0699DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-06992-1.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, 4.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep cases in cardboard slipcase, $69.99.
DVD release date: 7 May 2002.
Country of origin: USA

This high-quality edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print.

The film is accompanied by pipe organ music by Ken Rosen.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2006 Grapevine Video edition

The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated,
with Betsy Ross (1917), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
DVD release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA

This budget edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.

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

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