The Mack Sennett Collection, Vol. One

Director: Mack Sennett Featuring: Charlie Chaplin Mabel Normand Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Harold Lloyd Gloria Swanson Composers: Ben Model Philip Carli Donald Sosin Dennis Scott Andrew Simpson Year: 1909-1933 Length: 1005 minutes Format: NTSC Region: All: A,B,C Language: English UPC: 617311678790 ISBN: 1-893967-87-5 Available: Aug 19, 2014 THE MACK SENNETT COLLECTION, VOL. 1 includes: 1 THE CURTAIN POLE 2 THE MANICURE LADY 3 A DASH THROUGH THE CLOUDS 4 THE WATER NYMPH 5 A GROCERY CLERK’S ROMANCE 6 ON HIS WEDDING DAY 7 BANGVILLE POLICE 8 A FISHY AFFAIR 9 THE SPEED KINGS 10 THE THIEF CATCHER 11 THE GREAT TOE MYSTERY 12 RECREATION 13 SHOT IN THE EXCITEMENT 14 THE NOISE OF BOMBS 15 AMBROSE’S FIRST FALSEHOOD 16 A BIRD’S A BIRD 17 GUSSLE’S DAY OF REST 18 DO-RE-MI-BOOM! 19 A LOVER’S LOST CONTROL 20 A SUBMARINE PIRATE 21 FATTY AND MABEL ADRIFT 22 HIS BITTER PILL 23 MADCAP AMBROSE 24 TEDDY AT THE THROTTLE 25 HER TORPEDOED LOVE 26 A CLEVER DUMMY 27 HEARTS AND FLOWERS 28 DOWN ON THE FARM (FEATURE) 29 DON’T WEAKEN 30 GYMNASIUM JIM 31 THE EXTRA GIRL (FEATURE) 32 THE DARE-DEVIL 33 BLACK OXFORDS 34 GALLOPING BUNGALOWS 35 HIS MARRIAGE WOW 36 SUPER-HOOPER-DYNE LIZZIES 37 A RAINY KNIGHT 38 SATURDAY AFTERNOON 39 A SEA DOG’S TALE 40 HOBOKEN TO HOLLYWOOD 41 ICE COLD COCOS 42 BROKE IN CHINA 43 THE PRIDE OF PIKEVILLE 44 FIDDLESTICKS 45 RUN, GIRL, RUN 46 TAXI FOR TWO 47 THE DENTIST 48 TOO MANY HIGHBALLS 49 DON’T PLAY BRIDGE WITH YOUR WIFE (SOUND) 50 THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER (SOUND)

The Keystone Film Company, under the guidance of pioneering producer and director Mack Sennett, was the birthplace of classic American slapstick comedy. This historic studio was at one time home to a staggering number of silent screen luminaries including Mabel Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beery, Harry Langdon, Marie Dressler, Ben Turpin, The Keystone Cops, Ford Sterling, Charley Chase, Al St. John, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Bevan, Louise Fazenda, Eddie Quillan, and countless others. Even Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin, still the world’s most recognized actor, introduced his beloved Tramp character under the auspices of Keystone. Later, under the Mack Sennett Comedies banner, Sennett went on to produce a new generation of sound comedies, some in early color, featuring the likes of W.C. Fields, Bing Crosby, Lloyd Hamilton, Andy Clyde, and more. Now, for the first time, thanks to Flicker Alley, CineMuseum, and Keystone Films, over 100 of the best surviving Sennett comedies have been gathered from around the world, fully restored, and digitally re-mastered in HD for Blu-ray home video. The Mack Sennett Collection, Vol. One features the first 50 of these films presented on a 3-disc Blu-ray set. These new editions have been painstakingly reconstructed by CineMuseum and Keystone Films using original 35mm nitrate, archival negatives, preservation materials, and sometimes the lone known surviving film print, from the collections of the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Blackhawk Films®, Lobster Films, the Richard M. Roberts Collection, Gierucki Studios, and dozens of privately held archives.   THE MACK SENNETT COLLECTION, VOL. 1 also includes outstanding bonus features:   - Full color booklet filled with rare images, production information, restoration notes, and Keystone - Sennett player biographies - New music scores from silent film accompanists Philip Carli, Ben Model, Dennis Scott, Andrew Simpson, and Donald Sosin - Commentary tracks from noted comedy historians Brent Walker, Steve Massa, Richard M. Roberts, Stan Taffel, Sam Gill, Paul Gierucki, and others - Memorabilia galleries featuring vintage lobby cards, glass slides, posters, scripts, studio photographs, The Mack Sennett Story by film historian Joe Adamson, and rare audio recordings - Long unseen rarities: newsreels, trailers, outtakes, Sennett-Color films, the dedication of the Mabel Normand soundstage, This Is Your Life Mack Sennett, and much more!