Larry Semon: The Ultimate Collection Disc 7 - Classic Silent Comedy DVD | Vintage Slapstick Films | Perfect for Movie Nights & Film History Enthusiasts

Larry Semon: The Ultimate Collection Disc 7 - Classic Silent Comedy DVD | Vintage Slapstick Films | Perfect for Movie Nights & Film History Enthusiasts

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This DVD contains 5 short comedies with total running time 1h. 46 m. Details about the new collection: 1/ this is the most comprehensive Larry Semon collection ever with 61 films on 13 DVDs. 2/ almost half of the films have never been available on DVD. 3/ most of these films are brand new high resolution transfers made with cutting-edge true frame-by-frame scanning technology, offering superior quality compared to other releases. 4/ many are transfers combined from more than one source print, making them the most complete versions possible.5/ other stars are Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Monty Banks and others. 6/ this new exclusive collection offers 23 hours of mirth from sidesplitting slapstick! This DVD has acceptable to good quality and is perfectly watchable. The movies are accompanied by quality music that greatly enhances the viewing experience. The DVD comes in a slim jewel case and has the cover art exactly as you see it on the photo. We value your five-star feedback and will do all we can to earn it. Please contact us if you are not completely satisfied so that we can correct any problem. IMPORTANT CONDITION DISCLOSURES: We try to describe the film print condition as accurately as possible. Furthermore, to give potential buyers the best opportunity of making as informed decision as possible we show a few screen grabs from the actual movies. Because of the nature of the items we do not offer returns. Please read the description and look at the screen grabs carefully before buying. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. If the DVD is defective we will replace it free of charge. We have listed 120 rare high-quality silent film gems on this website. Please make sure to check the other items in our Collection. PLEASE NOTE: We offer 2 PROMOTIONS 1/ B4G1F Buy 4 DVDs get 1 DVD extra absolutely free. 2/ B10G3F Buy 10 DVDs get 3 DVDs extra absolutely free.

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Reviewing the SILENT HALL OF FAME’s LARRY SEMON: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.We have to remember that 35mm nitrate master films are rarely available for minor studio films.That said, The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (no association with ‘Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises’) has a policy of rating each film based on it’s actual picture quality and not on how rare good masters are for that title.Disc 7 includes these 'never-before-on-DVD' (as of 2022) titles:"WHISTLES and WINDOWS" (1918) Fair Quality, it looks like it is mastered from a 9.5mm surviving home movie print: soft. Re-made video titles, the master was likely in French. "DULL CARE" with Oliver Hardy (1919) Is also Fair Quality, a little sharper but faces wash out looking like a 3rd or 4th generation 16mm print (again likely all that survives). The piano track strangely plays a patriotic song. Note of interest is a building with "1901" clearly visible on the cornerstone. "The FLY COP" (1920) **BEWARE: ASIAN RACIAL STEREOTYPES typical of the time** Fair Quality, there is a double image when objects move as if a 'stretch-print' was used to master the video. Stretch-prints used a prism to change the 18fps silent film speed to 24fps sound film speed when printing from the silent negative. The COUNTER JUMPER" with Oliver Hardy & Jack Duffy (1922) Is Fair to Good Quality, a little sharper but contrast it a little high, looking like a 3rd generation 16mm print (again likely all that survives). Notes of interest: the hilarious animated egg sequence! A Newspaper headline that would be unreadable in this high contrast print is translated by Silent Hall of Fame for us to read as an intertitle. The CLOUD HOPPER (1925) Is Fairly Good Quality, only issue is the blacks crushing a little, then 6 minutes in the whites start to glow, increasing the contrast until the 12 minute mark when the image goes back to just a slight black crush. looks like a 2nd generation 16mm print with 6 minutes of a 3rd generation film source (again likely all that survives). Note of interest are the 1925 arial views of a sparsely populated Los Angeles Area. <>While you won’t see video tape masters used by such low-quality distributors such as Alpha Video, you will find a few soft slightly washed out 9.5mm home movie prints on some of these.Sadly in some cases this is ALL that survives on that title, however a better digital transfer system such as the Museum has would be a welcome improvement on these.The manufacturer’s description states “most of these films are brand new high resolution transfers made with cutting-edge true frame-by-frame scanning technology, offering superior quality compared to other releases. “ I have seen NO high resolution transfers of any Larry Semon comedies in this DVD series, even the best transfers suffer from digital compression artifacts.The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum has its own HD sprocket-less digital frame transfer system that could do wonders with these prints. But some film archives prefer to do their own digitization rather than risk sending their rare films through any shipping system, risking loss.The bottom line: this is likely the best you will find, but at the Criterion price of $34 this is for the devout Larry Semon fan. Causal fans will likely go for the $6.99 Alpha Video DVDs.

Larry Semon: The Ultimate Collection Disc 7 - Classic Silent Comedy DVD | Vintage Slapstick Films | Perfect for Movie Nights & Film History Enthusiasts

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