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Vitagraph Comedies (3 Disc)
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![](/rcimages/rc204big.jpg) (BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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The history of screen comedy did not begin with Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton. Prior to their appearances on the American screen, an entire generation of comedians was aIready establishing (and breaking) the boundaries of this rapidly evoIving genre. While working at the Vitagraph Studios, music hall artists such as John Bunny, Frank Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew retooled their brands of comedy into something uniquely cinematic, advancing the art form and setting the stage for the sIapstick explosion. This three-disc coIlection, presented by the Library of Congress, showcases the bold innovation of these overIooked pioneers, including the ingenious trick film The Disintegrated Convict, the gender-bending irrereverence of Edith Storey, and the epic scale of Larry Semon’s The SawmiIl. Vitagraph Comedies also provides precious glimpses of comedians (e.g. FIora Finch or the comedy duo Montgomery and Rock) who are virtuaIly forgotten today, because so littIe of their work has survived.
Special Features:
• lnterviews with curator Rob Stone, archivists Lynanne Schweighofer and George Willeman, and film historian Rob Farr
• Audio commentaries by fiIm historian Anthony SIide |
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