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[Horrorcollector]

Hi,

The Forgotten Films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Starring : Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Norman, Harold Lloyd and others

Restoration Director : Paul E. Gierucki

Executive Producer : William Hunt

Produced by: Laughsmith Entertainment, Inc.

Synopsis
The Forgotten Films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle contains 32 classic silent and sound comedies directed by and starring master filmmaker Roscoe Arbuckle.

The "Prince of Whales" is also joined by some of the silver screen's most legendary stars including Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Harold Lloyd, Ford Sterling, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, child star Jackie Coogan, and some unjustly forgotten comic luminaries like Al St. John, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, Charley Chase, Monty Banks, Lloyd Hamilton, Lupino Lane and, of course, Arbuckle's multi-talented canine companion Luke.

Restored and digitally remastered from original archival materials, or the only known surviving print, each film features completely restored titles, intertitles, and several films include previously lost or alternate footage. Silent titles feature newly created scores from Philip Carli, David Drazin, Ben Model, The Mont Alto Orchestra, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rodney Sauer and Donald Sosin.

This 4 DVD set is a long overdue celebration of the life and work of funny man Roscoe Arbuckle.

DVD Features

Disc One
1. Fatty Joins the Force * 1913
2. A Flirt’s Mistake ** 1914
3. The Knockout 1914
4. The Rounders 1914
5. Leading Lizzie Astray ** 1914
6. Mabel and Fatty’s Wash Day 1915
7. Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life 1915
8. Fatty and Mabel At The San Diego Exposition 1915
9. Fatty’s New Role 1915

Bonus
· Original artwork from animator Tom Bertino

Disc Two
10. Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life 1915
11. Fatty’s Reckless Fling 1915
12. Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance 1915
13. That Little Band Of Gold 1915
14. Fatty’s Faithful Fido 1915
15. When Love Took Wings 1915
16. Wished On Mabel ** 1915
17. Mabel’s Wilful Way 1915
18. Fatty’s Plucky Pup 1915

Disc Three
19. Fatty’s Tintype Tangle 1915
20. He Did and He Didn’t *** 1916
21. He Did and He Didn’t **** 1916
22. The Waiters’ Ball ** 1916
23. Coney Island 1917
24. Love 1919

Disc Four
25. Leap Year ** 1922.
26. Character Studies ** 1925
Arbuckle as director --
27. Curses 1925
28. The Movies 1925
29. My Stars 1926
30. Fool’s Luck 1926
31. Bridge Wives ** 1932

Bonus
· The Arbuckle Shuffle

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* - Two full scores on separate audio tracks
** - Secondary audio commentary track
*** - Fully tinted
**** - Night tinted only

Zu finden ist das Cover usw. hier: http://www.mackinacmedia.com/arbuckle.htm

Liest sich sehr interessant, auch der Preis bei z.B. amazon ist sehr verlockend, ich hoffe nur das "Restored and digitally remastered from original archival materials" auch wirklich stimmt - man denke nur an all die "No-Name" Releases von Keaton und Chaplin Filmen und dessen Quali.
Ich bin auf jeden Fall gespannt

Grüsse,

Dennis

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Eine Kritik wurde jetzt bei Classics on DVD online gestellt.

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[Horrorcollector]

Hi,

Hört sich ja sehr schön an. Ist auf jeden Fall für irgendwann in nächster Zeit als Kauf vorgemerkt!

Grüsse,

Dennis

[Horrorcollector]

Hi,

Bin wirklich begeistert von dem Set, empfehlung!
Warum ich aber poste ist um mal auf das kommende Programm des Labels aufmerksam zu machen, die scheinen wirklich einiges von Kaliber zu bringen. Mal 2 Beispiele:


Industrial Strength Keaton - 01/17/06 2 DVDs $24.95:


DVD Features

FEATURES

The Playhouse (1921) B&W / Silent
* Audio commentary track
Digitally remastered and restored version of one of Keaton’s greatest shorts. New score from The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.

Character Studies (Mid-1920s) B&W
* Audio commentary track
Recently discovered short with famed magician Carter DeHaven and featuring cameos by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Jackie Coogan, Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Rudolph Valentino.

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) B&W / sound feature
* Audio commentary track
* Keaton's Italian villa still gallery
Digitally remastered and restored feature. Definitive version.

PROMOTIONAL FILMS

Seein' Stars (1922) B&W / sound

The Voice of Hollywood #10 (1929) B&W / sound

Hollywood on Parade #A-6 (1933) B&W / sound

An Old Spanish Custom (1935) B&W / sound
* Audio commentary track
* Original press book

LIVE TELEVISION

The Butcher Boy / Can of Molasses Sketch
* The Butcher Boy (1917) B&W / Silent clip w/ Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
* The Ed Wynn Show (1949) B&W / Sound w/ Ed Wynn
* You Asked For It (1957) B&W / Sound w/ Eddie Gribbon
* Unknown TV appearance (1950s) B&W / Sound w/ Billy Gilbert

"The Martha Raye Show" (1956) B&W / Sound
* The Concert
Buster Keaton and Martha Raye recreate a sketch originally used in the classic Charlie Chaplin feature Limelight.

Circus Time (1956)

COMMERCIALS

Alka Seltzer (1958) [5 spots]

Northwest Orient Airlines (1958)

Simon Pure Beer (1958) [6 spots]

Shamrock Oil / Outtakes (1959)
* Audio commentary track
* Director’s interview track

Milky Way (1961)

Pure Oil (1965)

Country Club Malt Liquor (1958) [3 spots]

Ford Econoline (1963)

Jeep - Lessons in Living (1960)
* Only surviving complete Jeep commercial
* Recently discovered fragments from previously undocumented Jeep commercials.

Pure Oil (1965)

INDUSTRIAL FILMS

The Devil To Pay (1960) B&W / sound short
* Promotional booklet

The Homeowner (1961) - Color / sound short
* Audio commentary track
Recently discovered, previously undocumented Keaton industrial film.

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963) Color short

BONUS FEATURES

1 Parlor, 5 Bedrooms and 6 Baths - A new mini-documentary from filmmaker Jack Dragga.

Commentary tracks from comedy historians Andy Coryell,
Paul Gierucki, Bruce Lawton, Steve Massa and Richard M. Roberts.

Still galleries featuring previously unseen Keaton images, original press books, trade advertisements and more.

New music scores from composer Ben Model.

20 page full color booklet with detailed descriptions of each
film, archival photos and essays from authors / historians Ken Gordon, Steve Massa, David B. Pearson, Patricia Eliot Tobias and more!
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Also besonders für mich ein Highlight, man kann auch hoffen das nun nach Free and Easy der zweite Keaton Tonfilm in ordentlicher Quali erhältlich sein wird. Ausserdem:

Popeye - Original Classics -n12/13/05 1 DVD $9.95

Synopsis

This 1st volume of Mackinac Media's "The Golden Age of Cartoons" series is a Popeye fan's dream! This special collector's edition DVD of Popeye - Original Classics features the best of the original 1930's Popeye cartoons produced by the legendary Max Fleischer Studio - including all three of the extra-length color "specials".

Each of these cartoons have been digitally remastered from original 35mm material and digitally restored to their original brilliance. This collection is also full of bonus features, including interviews, still galleries and much more!

DVD Features

Cartoon Titles

1. Little Swee Pea (1936)
2. I'm In the Army Now (1936)
3. I Never Change My Altitude (1937)
4. A Date to Skate (1938)
5. Customers Wanted (1939)
6. The Paneless Window Washer (1937)
7. Me Musical Nephews (1942)
8. Popeye Meets Sinbad (1936 - color)
9. Popeye Meets Ali Baba (1937 - color)
10. Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (1939 - color)

Bonus Features

· Rare interviews with Jack Mercer (voice of Popeye),
Mae Questel (Olive Oyl) and Jackson Beck (Bluto) and others.
· Still galleries of original animation art, posters and rare behind-the-scenes photos.
· A visit to Chester, Illinois - home of Popeye!
· Original 1933 sing-along with Popeye
· Soaky TV commercial
· Pencil tests
· Making of a Popeye cartoon
· 4-page full color liner notes with photos
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Genrell scheint deren Classic Cartoons Reihe es wert zu sein weiter im Auge bahlten zu werden (geplant sind ein Felix the Cat oder WWII Propeganda Cartoons Set).
Hier die Aussicht bis mitte 2006: http://www.mackinacmedia.com/releaseschedule.htm

Grüsse,

Dennis

[Horrorcollector]

Hi,

Etwas ältere News zu kommenden Laughsmith Sachen, aber da ich sie nicht kannte und sehr erfreulich finde, poste ich es mal:

On Digital Bits, Barrie Maxwell's column, Dec 22nd, this item appears:


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The date for Laughsmith's previously announced Fatty Arbuckle
collection is now set as April 15th. The company also has future plans
for four collections including Industrial Strength Keaton, The Mack
Sennett Collection, The W.C. Fields Collection, and The Mabel Normand
Collection. There is no information on specific content or projected
release dates as yet.

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Grüsse,

Dennis