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Post by antifrodis on Nov 9, 2013 20:57:30 GMT -5
Circus Fever (1925) - Haven't seen this one in awhile, and I'm too lazy to pull out my old VHS copy, so I'll have to base this review off of a shortened German print I found on YouTube, and memories of my print. Got a link to this German version?
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Post by antifrodis on Sept 29, 2013 11:41:30 GMT -5
I can't say anything about "Bring Home the Turkey." Apparently about six minutes of the film exist somewhere, and viewing that will have to go on a bucket list. What's odd is that Maltin and Bann act like the whole film is commonly available and give a reasonably detailed account of it. They may be going from cutting continuity, and in this case along with the other lost films it would be great if the complete cutting continuity were publicly available. Film historian Richard M. Roberts owns a complete print. He told me that he would make it available if Laughsmith ever got anything going with their set. He was not willing to share it with me.
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Post by antifrodis on Sept 25, 2013 1:58:20 GMT -5
"Spud" is forced to stay at home and "grease" sick brother Wheezer, but he would much rather go camping with the Gang. To this day, I don't quite understand the concept of "greasing" someone. Is rubbing some sort of lotion on somebody's neck supposed to stop them from coughing?
Here is a description I found online for how to use "Vick's Vapor Rub". Hopefully, this clarifies things for you a bit. "To use Vicks Vapor Rub on yourself, take off your top so your chest is exposed. Dip your hand into the Vapor Rub, and massage the rub onto your chest in circular motions. Breathe deeply, and you will feel your chest start to open and become less congested. Why does this happen? The vapors that come from the rub, such as the minty-smelling menthol and eucalyptus oil, both break down the mucus molecules that plug up your nasal and chest cavities. Moreover, eucalyptus oil has antibacterial properties that kill the cold virus. Camphor, in addition, calms respiratory inflammation"
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Post by antifrodis on Aug 16, 2013 1:26:50 GMT -5
I have a total of five original intertitles for the film. Two of them reference "Jackie and Turkey-Egg". Joe mentions "borrowing" the bird, as it was his "Pop's dinner". Not much to go by. No real additional footage either.
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Post by antifrodis on Aug 15, 2013 2:57:03 GMT -5
Here's a tidbit for you all. According to the intertitles in "Better Movies", Jay R. Smith is referred to as "Turkey-Egg".
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Post by antifrodis on Jul 12, 2013 12:02:45 GMT -5
Volume 3 1019 "Little Heroes" (Young Sherlocks) I spotted the following edits: - All inter-titles
- Dinah's perspective of the hay.
- Most of the scene at the bakery.
- All of the JJJ footage (which later went into the MM episode "Ernie's Adventure"). In this version, the kidnapping of Peggy Cartwright immediately happens after Ernie and Jackie stop by the bakery window.
- The Freetown sequence, as well as the last scene with Ernie's mother (this version ends with Ernie and Jackie being rewarded for saving Mary Jane.
Overall, probably the best-looking print of this short to be publicly available. I'm going over this one now. It's missing the intro with the animals, about 45 seconds worth of Ernie milking the goat, the scene of Peggy jumping rope, and a few short bits of footage during the rescue as well. Something happened with the transfer of this film. During the scene where Ernie is rescuing Peggy, the film has serious framing issues that culminate in the picture going partially off screen and sprocket holes becoming visible.
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Post by antifrodis on Jul 1, 2013 22:19:18 GMT -5
The only currently available version of "Bring Home the Turkey" that I know of is a shortened 8 or 16mm film released by Excel sometime in the 1940s called "Turkey Troubles". It's only about 6-8 minutes worth of the film. Keep an eye out for it on Ebay. It shows up there once in a while.
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Post by antifrodis on Jun 17, 2013 14:56:49 GMT -5
Each episode has opening and closing credits. The soundtracks are the originals. The credits look digitally cleaned up, which is neither a good or bad thing IMO. The episodes themselves have a similar look. They are certainly much better than all the previously available copies of Mischief Makers episodes out there. They just have a slightly pixelated look to them. I would recommend them regardless.
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Post by antifrodis on Jun 17, 2013 11:33:49 GMT -5
I received the brand new 3 volume set of "Mischief Makers" episodes in the mail today from Amazon. Overall, I'm happy with the product. There are some compression issues, since the films don't look as clear as the source material could look. I have my own transfers of a couple of these episodes that have a sharper, less digitized look. In any event, having a good quality source for much of the footage from "Young Sherlocks" is worth the price alone.
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Post by antifrodis on Jun 13, 2013 17:43:29 GMT -5
The version of "Crazy House" on that German DVD set is one of the only negative things about the set. The image is severely cropped around the edges.
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Post by antifrodis on Jun 5, 2013 18:37:53 GMT -5
The one with the yellow cover contains a couple shorts that I posted to Youtube. They're the exact same versions that I edited together. I believe they removed the soundtracks that I added to them, but I could be wrong. I don't know if they just copied them from Youtube, or if one of the short list of people I entrusted the videos to decided to break my trust and try to cash in on them. Either way, I can't recommend them. Same thing goes for archive.org. Someone has blatantly posted films that they shouldn't have to that site. Thank God they decided to pull a few of them. Those films will see the light of day when the owner decides to make that happen. Until then, either wait patiently or spend A LOT of money and find the original film sources and have them transferred to DVD yourself.
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Post by antifrodis on May 25, 2013 13:17:01 GMT -5
That's perfect then, since PAL is just what you want. The intertitles are mostly remade on these films, but they are the best versions currently available and the picture quality on most of the films is very nice.
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Post by antifrodis on May 24, 2013 19:12:07 GMT -5
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Post by antifrodis on May 8, 2013 21:07:07 GMT -5
As for Televista, from what I understand, they are a notorious bootleg company (they were previously called Jef Films - Jef released an Our Gang VHS of silents back in the late 90's - unfortunately, the owner of Jef died in a fire. All of his material went to Televista). The only reason why Televista's material shows up on Amazon is because the company manages to get ISBN number on their DVD's. Either way, I'm still considering buying these, mainly for the possibility of rare footage. The guy from Televista bought up several films that we originally had. Maybe he has used a few for these dvds. "A Quiet Sunday" is from "Sunday Calm". I have a transfer of the film, so I can confirm.
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Post by antifrodis on May 6, 2013 8:50:36 GMT -5
Hey all, My 3 year old son occasionally watches a program on Disney Jr called "Rollie Pollie Ollie". I have noticed over the course of a few episodes that the soundtrack for the show is clearly inspired by the Hal Roach incidental music from Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy. While never exact, some of the music is so close to familiar Leroy Shield themes that it's uncanny. They just changed a few notes here and there. I think it's great that they found their inspiration from something so timeless. BTW, nobody's posting about the upcoming DVD releases of "The Mischief Makers" TV series. What gives?
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