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Harold Lloyd’s
World of Comedy
(1962)
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Inspired by the silent film documentaries of Robert Youngson, Harold Lloyd produced this compilation of clips from his own work.
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 TeleVista
2007 DVD edition
Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy (1962), black & white, 94 minutes, not rated.
TeleVista, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 5 June 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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We have not viewed this DVD edition, which we suspect has been transferred from a 16mm source print.
We do not know whether this edition has been mastered from 35mm or 16mm print materials.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Reel Vault
2015 DVD edition
Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy (1962), black & white, 94 minutes, not rated.
Reel Vault, 2772D,
UPC 6-44827-27722-3, ISBN 1-58067-4437.
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 ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99 (reduced to $9.99).
Release date: 15 July 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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We have not viewed this DVD-R edition, and we do not know whether it has been mastered from 35mm or 16mm print materials.
Over the years, this DVD-R edition has been released under a number of company names, with the same catalog number and UPC number, including Nostalgia Family Video (as originally noted), Hollywood’s Attic, RetroFlix, and (as of 2015) Reel Vault.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
REEL VAULT through . . .
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Other silent era HAROLD LLOYD films available on home video.
Other silent era-related DOCUMENTARIES available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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