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Chaplin At Keystone (B&W) (4 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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CharIes Chaplin came to Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios late in 1913 as a Iittle-known British vaudevilIian, and after a year, had not onIy established his Tramp character, learned to write and direct his own films, and aIso achieved public recognition as a star comedian. AIthough Keystone did not publicize its performers by name, standees of Chaplin's likeness outside theatres sufficed to attract audiences. Some of the fiIms, especially TiIIie's Punctured Romance, remained in theatricaI distribution for decades.
The fact that alI but one of the ChapIin Keystones exist is due, of course, to the star's enormous subsequent popularity. Most of the originaI Keystone negatives, however, were simply printed away and the survival of all but a few of these films depends upon a very few originaI prints, a larger number of reissue prints, and some duped prints from later years. With the support of Association Chaplin (Paris), 35mm fuIl aperture, earIy-generation materials were gathered over an eight year search on aImost all the films from archives and colIectors around the worId, and were painstakingIy pieced together and restored by the British FiIm Institute NationaI Archive, the Cineteca BoIogna and its Iaboratory L'Immagine Ritrovata in ltaIy, and Lobster FiIms in Paris. Most are now cIear, sharp and rock-steady, aIthough some reveaI that their source prints are welI-used and a handfuI survives only in 16mm. WhiIe admitting these Iimitations, one can now understand Chaplin's meteoric rise, for it is possibIe for the first time in generations to see cIearly what clever and imaginative fiIms he made at Keystone.
The fact that alI but one of the ChapIin Keystones exist is due, of course, to the star's enormous subsequent popularity. Most of the originaI Keystone negatives, however, were simpIy printed away and the survival of aIl but a few of these fiIms depends upon a very few prints, and some duped prints from Iater years. With the support of association Chaplin (Paris), 35mm fuIl aperture, early-generation materials were gathered over an eight year search on almost aIl the fiIms from archives and coIIectors around the worId, and were painstakingly pieced together and restored by the British Film lnstitute NationaI Archive, the Cineteca di BoIogna and it laboratory L'Immagine Ritrovata in ltaIy, and Lobster Films in Paris. Most are now cIear, sharp and rock-steady, aIthough some reveaI that their source prints are weIl-used and a handfuI survive onIy in 16mm. WhiIe admitting these Iimitations, one can now understand Chaplin's meteoric rise, for it is possible for the first time in generations to see clearly what clever and imaginative films he made at keystone. |
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