Amazon.com: Tillie's Punctured Romance: Mack Swain, Charles Bennett, Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler: Amazon Instant Video

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Synopsis: One of the funniest and most popular films of the silent era. Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler and Mabel Norman star in Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios comedy "Tillie's Punctured Romance" (72 min.), featuring all the frenzied action and burlesque style humor that made Sennett Hollywood's first great comic director, and Chaplin its greatest star. Also included is another of Keystone's best comedies, "Mabel's Married Life" (14 min.), starring Chaplin and Norman.

Starring: Mack Swain, Charles Bennett

Supporting actors: Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charles Murray

Directed by: Mack Sennett

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 1 hour 12 minutes

Studio: Egami Media

ASIN: B000W12MWQ (Rental) and B000W0XL5O (Purchase)

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Format: Amazon Instant Video (streaming online video and digital download)

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Theatrical Release Information

Production Company: Keystone Film Company

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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!).

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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

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11 of 12 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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A basis for comparison...
I'm a guy who loves his Charlie Chaplin flicks, but this is the first one I've seen without him directing it. Read more

Published on September 7, 2005 by PolarisDiB

2.0 out of 5 stars Historically---but not comically---significant Chaplin
This 1914 film is considered the first feature-lenth comedy ever made and, as such, is worth viewing just for that. The film on its merits, however, is less interesting. Read more

Published on October 17, 2004 by komyathy

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Restoration!
Quality prints of Chaplin's Keystones are so hard to find! This is one. Image Entertainment has done it again. The quality is crisp and clear. Highly recommend! Read more