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AIRPLANE COMEDIES
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A compilation of early silent comedies all including airplanes of a bygone       era, notable for some of the incredible stunts. Includes Air Pockets       with some rooftop to rooftop escapades, and Larry Semon, Laurel and Hardy,       Little Rascals, Ben Turpin, Billy Bevan and Mack Sennett. Silent and sound.
ALL NIGHT
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This delightful comedy-drama stars Rudolph Valentino as a lovesick young man     trying to get up the courage to ask his long-time friend (Carmel Myers) for a    date. A friend (Charles Dorian) invites both to dinner so Valentino can get      her alone, romance her and possibly propose. When Dorian's help quits just     before an important client is to be entertained, Valentino and Myers are       forced to pretend to be husband and wife to impress his friend's client, as    Dorian and his wife take over the servants' duties. Edith Mary Warren, William   Dyer, Wadsworth Harris and Jack Hull. Silent with orchestra score.             Paul Powell---USA---1918---58 mins.
AMARILLY OF CLOTHES-LINE ALLEY
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One of the extremely popular features that helped make Mary Pickford the first   true superstar of motion pictures. Pickford salutes her own Irish roots in       this charming tale of the belle of San Francisco's tenement district. "One of    the most brilliantly made films of its time. It is made with exuberance,       imagination and style. It is, quite simply, adorable" (Kevin Brownlow).        Mastered from the 35mm negative and tinted according to original               specifications. Silent, with a chamber orchestral score by The Mont Alto         Orchestra. Also included is the rarely seen Thomas Ince short The Dream  Marshall Neilan---USA---1918---77 mins.
AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY
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Douglas Fairbanks stars in this silent action comedy involving speeding cars,    seaplanes and motor cruises.                                                     Lloyd Ingraham---USA---1916---56 mins.
AMERICAN SLAPSTICK
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Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Stan Laurel, and Oliver Hardy are just a few of   the comedy legends who appear in this rare collection of feature-length silents and archival rarities. From pratfalls to speedy getaways, pranks and antics abound in this winning collection. Includes 17 silent classics plus shorts, rare clips, and more. Silent with musical accompaniment. USA,
AMERICAN SLAPSTICK 2
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This is a 3-disc collection of seminal works and archival rarities featuring     silent comedy legends and forgotten clowns, from the first film directed by      Charlie Chaplin to early works by almost unrecognizable Harold Lloyd and Stan    Laurel. American Slapstick Volume 2 includes the young Harold Lloyd in   Luke Joins the Navy (1916), By the Sad Sea Waves (1917),           Bliss (1917), Hey There (1918), and Don't Shove (); the Hal  Roach B-listers Dodge Your Debts (1921), Looking for Trouble       (1919), Whirl o' the West (1921), The Dippy Dentist (1920),        Shiver and Shake (1922), and Post No Bills (1923); educational     pictures such as A Fresh Start (1920), At Your Service (1921),     Jonah Jones (1924), and Breezing Along (1927); Char  lie             Chaplin-associated works like Charley Out West (1919), The Hobo    (1917), Oh Shoot (1923), Caught in a Park (1915), Gussle's      Wayward Path (1915), and Charley's Aunt (1925); films dealing with    hearts and havoc like Be Reasonable (1921), Kid   Speed (1924), and  Call the Wagon (1923); women holding it down in Cinderella Cinders (1920), Hold Still (1926), Hash House Fraud (1915), Faro        Nell (1929); and two talkies, Playboy Number One (1937) and
ARBUCKLE AT KEYSTONE V1
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One of the great stars of Mack Sennett's comedy stable, and simply one of the    great stars of silent comedy in general, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's               considerable talents are evident in these classic shorts. Fatty and Mabel     Adrift (Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, 1916) co-stars fellow screen legend Mabel  Normand in a slapstick delight with surprising moments of warmth and beauty.   Fatty Joins the Force (George Nicholls, 1913) has the rotund comedian    teaming up with Sennett's Keystone Cops. Finally, Arbuckle shows up in a gues  t role in The Speed Kings (Wilfred Lucas, 1913), a spirited comedy         Roscoe Arbuckle/George Nicholls/Wilfred Lucas---USA---1913-1916
ARBUCKLE AT KEYSTONE V2
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Silent comedy great Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle stars in three more historic         shorts made for comedy kingpin Mack Sennett. Arbuckle also directed all the      films on this volume. Fatty's Tin-Type Tangle (1915) is a domestic farce   co-starring Edgar Kennedy. Fatty's Faithful Fido (1915) has Fatty        putting his dog to use in a battle with a rival for the same woman. Lastly,    Arbuckle is a tramp masquerading as a saloon owner in Fatty's New Role   Roscoe Arbuckle---USA---1915
ARBUCKLE AT KEYSTONE V4
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More timeless laughs with silent screen legend Fatty Arbuckle in three Mack      Sennett/Keystone comedy shorts, two directed by Arbuckle himself. Mabel,      Fatty and the Law (Roscoe Arbuckle, 1915) is a trademark Sennett-styled       domestic farce about two husbands with roaming eyes, co-starring Mabel         Normand. In Fatty's Plucky Pup (Roscoe Arbuckle, 1915), Fatty's girl is  kidnapped by crooks, but the Keystone Cops and a daring doggie help our hefty  hero rescue her. Finally, in Wished on Mabel (Mabel Normand, 1915),        Fatty and Mabel Normand get into a scuffle involving a bandit and a watch.     Roscoe Arbuckle/Mabel Normand---USA---1915
ARBUCKLE KEYSTONE V3
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Comedy screen legend Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle directed and stars in these three   silent shorts made for Mack Sennett. Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego         Exposition (1915) co-stars Mabel Normand and Edgar Kennedy in a tale of       tourism gone mad. In Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life (1915) Mabel is being prepared for a wedding she does not want to go through with. Then, in Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915), the comedic couple causes plenty of marital    confusion when their laundry gets mixed up.                                      Roscoe Arbuckle---USA---1915
ARE PARENTS PEOPLE?
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Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou and Lawrence Gray star in this     Famous Players-Lasky production. Silent with music track.                        Malcolm St. Clair---USA---1925---65 mins.
BABE HARDY EARLY TRAINING
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A young Oliver Hardy is seen in this collection of early silent comedies,        which includes Hungry Hearts (1915), One Too Many (1915), Billy      West's Fiddlin' Around, The Best and The Villain, a paro  dy   of Tillie's Punctured Romance in which Hardy is cast as a female
BARE KNEES
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The quintessential '20s "flapper" movie about free spirited women, the story     concerns Billie (Virginia Lee Corbin), whose arrival at her sister's birthday    party unleashes a series of a strange and unsettling events. With a full         orchestra score. With Donald Keith, Jane Winton, Johnnie Walker, Forest        Stanley and Maude Fulton.                                                      Erle C. Kenton---USA---1928---61 mins.
BECOMING CHARLEY CHASE
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This recently-released deluxe four-disc set showcases the many talents of Charley Chase, the forgotten funnyman of silent comedy.
BIOGRAPH BEFORE D.W. GRIFFITH VOL 1
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A compilation of 15 movies made from between 1903 and 1908 by the American       Mutoscope and Biograph Companies. Comedies, chases, special effects. 110 mins.
BIOGRAPH BEFORE D.W. GRIFFITH VOL 2
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A variety of productions by American Mutoscope and Biograph: The Nihilists,   Great Jewel Mystery, A Kentucky Feud, The Silver Wedding, Black Hand,            Paymaster, Tunnel Workers, Skyscrapers, The Boy Detective, Her First             Adventure, Caught by Wireless, At French Ball. . 95 mins.
CHARLEY CHASE COLLECTION
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Slapstick mayhem abounds in six shorts featuring silent comedian Charley         Chase, directed by Hal Roach between 1924-26. From straight buffoonery to        elaborate bedroom farces, Chase's manic antics made his a top box-office draw.   Includes Mum's the Word, April Fool, Mighty Like a Moose and more.
CHARLEY CHASE COLLECTION 2
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Six two-reel comedies from an unsung hero of silent comedy. Spanning the years   1926-1928, these slapstick romps showcase "Good Time Charley's" carefree,        frivolous style--the energetic joi de vivre that came to define the 20's.        Includes His Wooden Wedding (1925, 19 mins.), Isn't Life Terrible  (1925, 24 mins.), Innocent Husbands (1925, 24 mins.), Dog Shy      (1926, 23 mins.), Bromo and Juliet (1926, 22 mins.), and Shine 'Em    Up (1922, 15 mins.). 127 mins.
CHARLEY CHASE JIMMY JUMP SERIE
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Includes All Wet, Powder and Smoke, Fighting Fluid, Fraidy Cat, Big Red       Riding Hood, Rats Knuckles, Young Oldfield, Poor Fish, Ten Minute Egg and     One of the Family Silent with music track, 120 mins.
CLASSIC COMEDIES FROM HOLLYWOOD
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From slapstick gags to sophisticated banter, this sprawling collection of classic comedies is designed to appeal to every sense of humor. Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Carole Lombard are just a few of the stars who appear in these fifteen very funny features. Includes The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925, 85 mins.), The General (Clyde Bruckman,  1927, 75 mins.), My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936, 95 mins.), His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940, 92 mins.), Nothing Sacred.  (William Wellman, 1937, 75 mins.), and many more. 1315 mins.