| Description |
4 videodiscs (450 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion picture shorts 1915 to 1925. |
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Special features: Audio commentaries by noted film historians ; The Parrott chase, a 45 minute retrospective on the life and career of Charley Chase ; The evolution of a gag, tracing the history of the mirror gag (8 min.) ; The sounds of silence, behind the scenes with the Snark Ensemble on the making of the music for this set ; archival interview with Chase's daughter June Chase Hargis (15 min.). |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Charles Parrott at Keystone. Peanuts and bullets (1915, 12:13) -- Love in armor (1915, 13:29) -- Settled at the seaside (1915, 6:32) -- Rent jumpers (1915,11:01) -- Love, loot, and crash (1915, 12:21) -- Versatile villain (1915, 13:00) -- He wouldn't stay down (1915, 14:23) -- Married to order (1920, 16:11). |
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Disc 2. Charley Chase becomes Jimmy Jump. At first sight (1924, 9:57) -- One of the family (1924, 10:13 -- Just a minute (1924, 12:17) -- Powder and smoke (1924, 9:57) -- Hard knocks (1924, 10:41) -- Don't forget (1924, 2:59) -- Fraidy cat (1924, 10:46) -- Publicity pays (1924, 9:55) -- Young Oldfield (1924, 9:41) -- Stolen goods (1924, 10:30) -- Jeffries, Jr. (1924, 9:27) -- Ten-minute egg (1924, 9:56) -- Seeing Nellie home (1924, 5:43) -- Outdoor pajamas (1924, 8:38) -- Sittin' pretty (1924, 10:15) -- Too many mammas (1924, 9:00) -- Bonus material. Accidental accidents (1924, 2:12). |
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Disc 3. Jimmy Jump becomes Charley Chase. Poor fish (1924, 9:30) -- Rats knuckles (1925, 9:17) -- Hello baby! (1925, 10:29) -- Fighting fluid (1925, 9:50) -- Should husbands be watched? (1925, 9:34) -- Is marriage the bunk? (1925, 9:54) -- Bad boy (1925, 18:24) -- Big red riding hood (1925, 9:47) -- Looking for Sally (1925, 20:20) -- No father to guide him (1925, 19:09). |
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Disc 4. Directed by Charley Parrott. Rolling stone (1919, 18:48) -- Flirts (1919, 21:38) -- Dumb bell (1922, 9:23) -- Soft pedal (1922, 9:50) -- Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923, 19:12) -- Jus' passin' through (1923, 27:05) -- Dear old pal (1923, 9:38). |
| Credits |
Music, the Snark Ensemble, Ben Model, Redwine Jazz Band, West End Jazz Band. |
| Cast |
Charley Chase, Fritz Schade, Mae Busch, Blanche Mehaffey, Katherine Grant. |
| Summary |
Charley Chase transformed the world of screen comedy from slapstick violence into a sophisticated comedy of manners, and laid the groundwork for the modern sitcom. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen presentation. |
| Language |
Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment. |
| Subject |
Chase, Charley, 1893-1940.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Short films.
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Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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| Added Author |
Chase, Charley, 1893-1940.
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Chase Hargis, June.
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Allday Entertainment (Firm)
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VCI Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Parrott chase.
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Evolution of a gag.
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Sounds of silence.
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| ISBN |
155739587X |
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9781557395870 |
| Standard No. |
089859856228 |
| Music No. |
8562 Allday Entertainment |
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