Buy Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, Vol. 01 here, one of many top quality Charlie Chaplin Comedies products at DVD Dispatcher. We greatly appreciate your patronage at DVD Dispatcher and look forward to offering you great products and prices in the future.
Current Page: Home : Comedy DVD Movies : Charlie Chaplin Comedies : Item 3 of 25
|
|
Features
Actors: Billy Armstrong, Agnes Ayres, Arthur W. Bates, Robert Bolder, Charles Chaplin
Directors: Charles Chaplin
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Silent, NTSC
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Release Date: September 28, 1999
Run Time: 136 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  (4 customer reviews)
Reader Reviews
Okay, this review is for the Image dvd of the Chaplin Essanay Comedies, Volume 1. If this review appears on any other product, with the exception of a Kino product, then know that this review has NOTHING to do with whatever you are looking at. If you are looking at Madacy or Koch videos, then just go away now, and look for a good video, because Madacy and Koch videos of Chaplin are garbage. ANYWAYS... I give this five stars, because the restoration, music, and presentation are awesome. The films are the most complete they have been in over 80 years, and are mastered from the best available materials. David Shepherd worked on these for a decade or so, and some of the films come from as many as five different sources. This can be a little odd sometimes, as the picture will change in quality and framing every so often, which is a bit of a jumpy sensation, but it's either that or just miss the footage altogether. As far as the films go - well, this is not Chaplin's best work. "His New Job", "A Night Out", and "In the Park" are slight, derivative, and not terribly interesting. "A Jitney Elopement" is fascinating for the fact that Chaplin relies on a lot of tracking and racing shots for the chase, which all happens in cars. "The Champion" is a very good film, and is the best of this lot. Chaplin made better films than these for Essanay, which can especially be seen on Disc 2 of the series. This is NOT a good disc for the person who is just getting interested in Chaplin or silent films. You would be better of with the later features, such as City Lights, The Kid, The Gold Rush, or The Circus, which should all be reissued in 2003 in gorgeous quality - I can't wait! But if you are acquainted with Chaplin, and have read a good book or two about his career and development, then this is a fine dvd to get. Enjoy!
Comment | Permalink |
function showYesNoCommunityResponse(uId,result,value) {
var msgLayer = getElement("thanks" + uId);
if ( result == "SUCCESS" ) {
msgLayer.innerHTML = "Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.com readers and reviewers. Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours.";
} else {
showVoteErrorResponse(msgLayer,result,value);
}
}
(Report this)
|
|
Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, Vol. 01
List Price: $24.99
Available from Amazon
Price: $22.49
Updated on 11-28-2008.
|
dvddispatcher.com offers top quality Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, Vol. 01 in association with leading DVD movie retail stores such as Amazon.com. DVD Dispatcher features hot deals on Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, Vol. 01.
![]()
|
|
Increase your websites importance by offering your visitors one-click consumer reviews and purchase reviews for "Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, Vol. 01" and similar Products from DVD Dispatcher. Just copy and paste the code into your page and add on-topic value to your site.
Provide a link to this product on your website:
Your Code will look like this:
Read reviews and get product information on Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, Vol. 01
|
|
|
|
See all 4 customer reviews...