5.0 out of 5 stars
8 plus hours of silent comedy classics, October 21, 2008
This review is from: Slapstick Encyclopedia Boxed Set 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The four videotapes in KINO's first SLAPSTICK ENCYCLOPEDIA box are housed in a highly decorative and sturdy storage case. Subject matter covered: very early shorts, Mack Sennett comedies, actresses in unusual roles and Buster, Fatty and Al.
FOR SYNOPSES OF ALL FILMS, SEE COMMENT #1 (link is located below)
KINO's
SLAPSTICK ENCYCLOPEDIA BOXED SET 2 feature Chaplin and other music hall stars, Hal Roach shorts, chase films and silent comedy's fringe.
Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
VOLUME 1 - IN THE BEGINNING: COMEDY PIONEERS--
(5.4) Alkali Ike's Auto (1911) - Augustus Carney/Harry Todd/Margaret Joslin/Arthur Mackley
(7.8) Be My Wife (abridged) (1921) - Max Linder/Alta Allen/Caroline Rankin
(5.9) A Cure for Pokeritis (1912) - John Bunny/Flora Finch/Leah Naird/Charles Eldridge
(6.4) Fox Trot Finesse (1915) - Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew/Ethel Lee
(5.5) Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913) - Mabel Normand/Mack Sennett/Alice Davenport/Ford Sterling/Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
(3.2) Mr. Flip (1909) - Ben Turpin
(5.7) A Natural Born Gambler (1916) - Bert Williams
(4.4) One Too Many (1916) - Oliver Hardy/Billy Ruge/Billy Bletcher/Madelyn Hardy
(6.2) The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917) - Victor Moore
VOLUME TWO - KEYSTONE TONIGHT!: THE MACK SENNETT COMEDIES--
(6.2) Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913) - Mack Sennett/Mabel Normand/Ford Sterling/Hank Mann/Barney Oldfield/Al St. John/Helen Holmes/Raymond Hatton/William Hauber
(6.0) A Movie Star (1916) - Mack Swain/Louella Maxam/Mai Wells/Ray Grey/Phyllis Allen/Harry McCoy/Louise Fazenda
(4.6) A Muddy Romance (1913) - Mabel Normand/Ford Sterling/Mack Swain/Charles Avery/William Hauber
(6.8) Saturday Afternoon (1926) - Harry Langdon/Alice Ward/Vernon Dent/Ruth Hiatt/Peggy Montgomery
(6.1) Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925) - Billy Bevan/Andy Clyde/Lillian Knight/John J. Richardson/Vernon Dent/Andre Bailey/Thelma Hill/Leo Sulky
(6.2) Wandering Willies (1926) - Billy Bevan/Andy Clyde/Ruth Hiatt/Billy Gilbert/'Kewpie' Morgan/Leo Sulky
VOLUME THREE - FUNNY GIRLS: GENDERS AND THEIR BENDERS--
(4.8) The Detectress (1919) - Gail Henry/Milburn Morante/Hap Ward/Eddie Baker
(5.2) Hearts and Flowers (1919) - Louise Fazenda/Ford Sterling/Phyllis Haver/Billy Armstrong/Jack Ackroyd (uncredited: Edgar Kennedy)
(6.0) Know Thy Wife (1918) - Dorothy Devore/Leota Lorraine/Earle Rodney
(7.2) Mighty Like a Moose (1926) - Charley Chase/Vivien Oakland/Ann Howe/Charles Clary/Gale Henry/Malcolm Denny
(5.0) One Wet Night (1924) - Alice Howell/Neely Edwards/Bert Roach/Tiny Sandford
(6.3) Rowdy Ann (1919) - Fay Tincher/Eddie Barry/Katherine Lewis/Harry Depp/Al Haynes/Blue Washington
VOLUME 4 - KEATON, ARBUCKLE & ST. JOHN--
(7.3) The Boat (1921) - Buster Keaton/Sybil Seely/Edward F. Cline
(7.4) Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) - Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Mabel Normand/Al St. John/Joe Bordeaux/Jimmy Bryant
(7.2) The Garage (1920) - Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Buster Keaton/Molly Malone/Harry McCoy/Dan Crimmins
(6.1) The Iron Mule (1925) - Al St. John/George Davis/Glen Cavender/Doris Deane (uncredited: Buster Keaton)
(6.2) Oh Doctor! (1917) - Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Buster Keaton/Al St. John/Alice Mann/Alice Lake
(6.3) The Rounders (1914) - Charles Chaplin/Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Phyllis Allen/Minta Durfee/Al St. John/Jess Dandy/Wallace MacDonald/Charley Chase (uncredited: Edgar Kennedy/Billy Gilbert/Edward F. Cline)
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