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Famous
Comedy Legends
Volume 2
(1916-1949)

Contents: The Pawnshop (1916), The Rink (1916), Cops (1922), The Love Nest (1923), Innocent Husbands (1925), Tell ’em Nothing (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Golf Specialist (1930), Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931), Knife of the Party (1934), Brideless Groom (1947) and Malace in the Palace (1949).

Falcon Picture Group
2002 DVD edition

Famous Comedy Legends, Volume 2 (1916-1949), black & white, 328 minutes total, not rated, including The Pawnshop (1916), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, The Rink (1916), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Cops (1922), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, The Love Nest (1923), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Innocent Husbands (1925), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, Tell ’em Nothing (1926), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated, The Golf Specialist (1930), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated, The Knife of the Party (1934), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Brideless Groom (1947), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, and Malace in the Palace (1949), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated.

Falcon Picture Group, 1010, UPC 8-22583-10109-3, ISBN 1-59171-010-3.
Three single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; three DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $24.99.
Release date: 1 July 2002.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.

This DVD boxset is full of low-quality video transfers of short and feature-length films. At the time of its release, the majority of the titles were previously available from other budget disc producers of similar low-quality.

While the temptation is to get three discs for a low price, the quality of prints used for the video transfers are commensurately low.

For our comparative reviews of the silent films in this boxset, see our Steamboat Bill, Jr. on home video page.

All of these films are available in higher-quality home video editions elsewhere. Not recommended and it’s out-of-print now, anyway. No loss.

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