Format:
[DVD] (217 Min.)
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s/w
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dolby digital 2.0
Uniform Title:
Slapstick Encyclopedia
Content:
A veritable gold mine of rarities and little-known treats, "Slapstick Encyclopedia" lives up to its title as a stupendous compendium of silent-era comedy. Spanning the entire spectrum of slapstick from 1909 to 1927, this definitive collection (curated by film historians David Shepard and Joe Adamson) dutifully credits Keystone Cops creator Mack Sennett as the founder of the slapstick phenomenon. But it reaches far beyond Sennett (who alienated most of his popular stars) to acknowledge nearly every major and minor slapstick star and style. The development of slapstick, which had its roots in vaudeville, is witnessed chronologically, mixing the manic pie-fight sensibility of Sennett's Keystone hits with the lesser-known, more sophisticated parlor-room comedy of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, while legendary black vaudevillian Bert Williams plies his popular trade in a Biograph short from 1916. [www.amazon.com]
Note:
Stummfilm mit engl. Zwischentiteln
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Undetermined
Keywords:
DVD-Video
