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Nickelodia
Volume 3
(1908-1916)
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This DVD collection of short comedies featuring Charles Chaplin, John Bunny, Ben Turpin, Lloyd Hamilton and Bud Ross, and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew was announced by Unknown Video but, we suspect, never released.
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 Unknown Video
2009 DVD edition
Nickelodia, Volume 3 (1908-1916), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated.
Unknown Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection was to have been mastered from fine-grain 16mm reduction prints.
The films may have been accompanied by music scores performed on piano by Frederick Hodges.
Announced close to the time that Unknown Video discontinued active sales from their Internet website, we do not know whether this DVD collection was actually released. If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.
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