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Post by benegr on Jun 27, 2015 4:28:15 GMT -5
Hi all,
I am new here and have only ever seen a couple of Our Gang shorts but would like to delve further into the films and want to start with the Roach silents but there seems to be no real definitive set for them that I can find. I was wondering what DVDs I'd need to get to have all the surviving silents in the best quality and most complete form.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 27, 2015 16:20:47 GMT -5
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Post by benegr on Jun 29, 2015 12:50:25 GMT -5
Thank you for the reply. I will have a look at that thread right away. It's a shame there's no definitive set for these. Is it all to do with copyright and who owns the prints?
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 29, 2015 16:12:21 GMT -5
Thank you for the reply. I will have a look at that thread right away. It's a shame there's no definitive set for these. Is it all to do with copyright and who owns the prints? Fortunately, a good chunk of the silents have fallen into the public domain (though the ones included on the German set are copyrighted). But unfortunately, the silents were scattered to the winds as early as the 1940s. Over the last decade or so, many have been able to put out collections consisting of a good handful of the shorts, but not all. It's a matter of tracking down and restoring all of the films, I suppose. |
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Post by benegr on Jul 1, 2015 3:23:15 GMT -5
Thanks for more info. I've been reading on here and it seems it's one thing to find a print of a film, but it's another to find it complete. It's like you need a few copies to have all the footage that's available. I'll carry on taking a look around and welcome any more of your knowledge.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 1, 2015 16:52:23 GMT -5
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Post by benegr on Jul 4, 2015 8:35:36 GMT -5
Thank you for all your help, I will look into all these pages and, hopefully, get all the silents in time.
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