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Courtship of
Miles Sandwich

(1923)

 

The most comprehensive collection of Charley Chase films yet produced covers his career from Keystone through his peak period at the Hal Roach Studios.

coverAll Day Entertainment
2009 DVD edition

Becoming Charley Chase (1915-1926), black & white and color-toned black & white, 460 minutes total, not rated, including Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated.

All Day Entertainment, distributed by VCI Entertainment,
8562, UPC 0-89859-85622-8, ISBN 1-55739-587-X.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard four-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 28 July 2009.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
This DVD edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print, which is occasionally poor to generally very-good in quality.

The film is accompanied by a lively music score composed and performed by the West End Jazz Band.

Highly recommended but hard-to-find these days, even as a used item.

 
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coverAlpha Video
2010 DVD edition

Snub Pollard Showtime (1919-1942), black & white, 58 minutes total, not rated, including Courtship 0f Miles Sandwich (1923), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6466D, UPC 0-89218-64669-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 5 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $6.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 30 November 2010.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 0 / overall: 3.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a fair 8mm reduction print that holds no image details in its highlights.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting vintage jazz music recordings.

We don’t recommend this below-average home video edition of the film.

 
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Other silent era CHARLEY CHASE films available on home video.

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Other silent era ROSCOE ARBUCKLE films available on home video.

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