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Buster Keaton
The Complete Short Films
1917-1923
(1917-1923)
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Contents: The Butcher Boy (1917), The Rough House (1917), His Wedding Night (1917), Oh, Doctor! (1917), Coney Island (1917), Out West (1918), The Bellboy (1918), Moonshine (1918), Good Night, Nurse! (1918), The Cook (1918), Back Stage (1919), The Hayseed (1919), The Garage (1920), The High Sign (1921), One Week (1920), Convict 13 (1920), The Scarecrow (1920), Neighbors (1920), The Haunted House (1921), Hard Luck (1921), The Goat (1921), The Playhouse (1921), The Boat (1921), The Paleface (1922), Cops (1922), My Wife’s Relations (1922), The Blacksmith (1922), The Frozen North (1922), Day Dreams (1922), The Electric House (1922), The Balloonatic (1923) and The Love Nest (1923).
This Keaton short film collection includes his solo comedy shorts and those films he appeared in with his early film mentor, Roscoe Arbuckle, including the rare His Wedding Night (1917).
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 Eureka Entertainment
2016 Blu-ray Disc edition
Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 (1917-1923), black & white, 740 minutes total, BBFC Classification PG, including The Butcher Boy (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Rough House (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, His Wedding Night (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Oh, Doctor! (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Coney Island (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Out West (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Bellboy (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Moonshine (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Good Night, Nurse! (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Cook (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Back Stage (1919), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Hayseed (1919), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Garage (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The High Sign (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, One Week (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Convict 13 (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Scarecrow (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Neighbors (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Haunted House (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Hard Luck (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Goat (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Play House (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Boat (1921), black & white and color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Paleface (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Cops (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, My Wife’s Relations (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Blacksmith (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Frozen North (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Day Dreams (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Electric House (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Balloonatic (1923), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, and The Love Nest (1923), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG.
Eureka Entertainment, EKA70218 (MoC 150), unknown UPC number.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region B Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; four plastic BD trays on cardboard wrap in cardboard slipcase; £49.99.
Release date: 18 July 2016.
Country of origin: England
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This mammoth Region B Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from the best 35mm print materials available.
Supplementary material includes an introduction by preservationist Serge Bromberg; audio commentary on six films by Joseph McBride; a recently-discovered version of The Blacksmith containing four minutes of previously unseen footage; alternate endings for Coney Island and My Wife’s Relations; a video essay by critic David Cairns; a discussion of Keaton’s style by actor Pierre Étaix; an audio recording of Keaton at a 1962 party; and a 184-page booklet with a roundtable discussion with critics Brad Stevens, Jean-Pierre Coursodon and Dan Sallitt, an essay and with detailed notes on each film by Jeffrey Vance; an essay by Serge Bromberg on the two versions of The Blacksmith and other discoveries; an excerpt from Life with Buster Keaton (1951) in cluding a reenactment by Keaton of Roscoe Arbuckle’s “Salomé dance,” first performed in The Cook and the words of Buster Keaton.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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 Eureka Entertainment
2006 DVD edition
Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 (1917-1923), black & white, 740 minutes total, BBFC Classification PG, including The Butcher Boy (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Rough House (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, His Wedding Night (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Oh, Doctor! (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Coney Island (1917), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Out West (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Bellboy (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Moonshine (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Good Night, Nurse! (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Cook (1918), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Back Stage (1919), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Hayseed (1919), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Garage (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The High Sign (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, One Week (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Convict 13 (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Scarecrow (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Neighbors (1920), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Haunted House (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Hard Luck (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Goat (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Play House (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Boat (1921), black & white and color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Paleface (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Cops (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, My Wife’s Relations (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Blacksmith (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Frozen North (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Day Dreams (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Electric House (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Balloonatic (1923), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG, and The Love Nest (1923), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification PG.
Eureka Entertainment, unknown catalog number (MoC 30), unknown UPC number.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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; 184-page insert book; four plastic DVD trays on cardboard wrap in cardboard slipcase; £49.99.
Release date: 20 November 2006.
Country of origin: England
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This mammoth PAL DVD collection has been mastered from the best 35mm print materials available.
The supplementary material includes audio commentary on six films by Joseph McBride, and a 184-page booklet with notes on the films.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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Other silent era BUSTER KEATON films available on home video.
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Buster Keaton filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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