Product Details

• Actors: Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett
• Directors: Charles Chaplin, Mack Sennett
• Writers: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, A. Baldwin Sloane, Craig Hutchinson, Edgar Smith
• Format: Black & White, DVD, Silent, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000JMPM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,393 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Tillie's Punctured Romance/Mabel's Married Life" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No talking during the movie - PLEASE!, October 25, 2001

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Daryl Stenhouse (LAUNCESTON, TAS Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charlie Chaplin Marathon (DVD)

This is a LaserLight product, and they don't care. They don't care about silent movies, or they wouldn't have put out three short comedies that run too fast. Correcting the film speed is one of the most basic remastering processes, but they couldn't be bothered.

The main feature is an old (1950's graphics) repackaging effort, with the same ham-fisted and intrusive sound effects as used in the short comedies. On top of that there is a (gasp of horror)...
a NARRATOR! He is from the 1950's,too. His endless pointing out of every action in the movie is an insult to my intelligence.
The LaserLight people obviously couldn't be bothered to remaster this film or record a new sound track.

The LaserLight people also don't care about their customers. On the back cover of the DVD box they say this, "Digitally mastered from the best available sources, with a newly recorded music score for the highest quality possible".

Fortunately, higher quality versions of these works are not only possible, but they already exist - so you don't need to buy this sloth-ridden turkey (now there's an image!).

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars terrible, April 2, 2000

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James Horvath (South Bend, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charlie Chaplin Marathon (DVD)

Avoid at all cost,This is one of the worst collections I have ever seen.It has lame music and annoying sound effects.Save your money and buy one of the Mutuals or Essanay collections

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First feature comedy, May 9, 2002

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Daniel H. Hawkins (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tillie's Punctured Romance/Mabel's Married Life (DVD)

The reviews on this page seem to be referring to two or three different editions of "Tillie's Punctured Romance." So let me start by saying that I'm reviewing the Image DVD version (which also contains the one-reeler "Mabel's Married Life" as a bonus feature) and not the Chaplin marathon which seems to be the recipient of the bad reviews here.

"Tillie's Punctured Romance" is an important film for a couple of reasons. It was the very first feature length comedy, providing film comedy an alternative to one- and two-reel shorts. It was also the last film with Charles Chaplin as merely an actor; he began directing all of his films after this.

In addition to its importance, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" is still enjoyable to watch. The print on this DVD is a little rough in places, a few times switching from what appears to be a nice 35mm print to a seemingly worn out 16mm print and then back again within the same scene. But overall, this is a quality presentation of the film when you consider the fact that it was made in 1914.