Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917 On Blu-Ray

Actor :          Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell
Director:      Charlie Chaplin
Genre:          Silent Films
Year:            1916-17
Studio:         Flicker Alley, LLC
Length:        400
Released:   August 19, 2014
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White
Language:  English
Subtitles:    N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Flicker Alley and The Blackhawk Films® Collection are proud to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Little Tramp with the premiere of Chaplin's Mutual Comedies, a 5-disc Blu-ray/DVD box set, presented for a limited time in a collector's edition SteelBook case. The collection features 12 newly restored films (The Floorwalker, The Fireman, The Vagabond, One A.M., The Count, The Pawnshop, Behind the Screen, The Rink, Easy Street, The Cure, The Immigrant, and The Adventurer), all scanned under the aegis of Association Chaplin at a resolution of 2,000 lines from original 35mm prints gathered from archives all over the world, then digitally assembled and restored, a collaborative effort of Lobster Films in Paris and L Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy. Each film offers the option of either improvised piano accompaniment or a full orchestral score. Among the many well-known composers and musicians featured are Eric Beheim, Neil Brand, Timothy Brock, Antonio Coppola, Carl Davis, Stephen Horne, Robert Israel, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Maud Nelissen, Donald Sosin, and Gabriel Thibaudeau. Blu-ray Discs: Region A. DVDs: Region 1.