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Hi everyone,

I noticed that Laurel & Hardy: The Essential Collection is on sale for $64 off. I own the UK set...but is there any difference with this set? It is now $35.99.

http://www.jr.com/product/movie/pv/_125 ... p6xiRimuVw" target="_blank

I don't have the new US L&H set, but from all the reviews I've read (e.g. Amazon) its main differences seem to be:
1) no silents in the new set (unlike Europe, owned by different rights holders) - or colorizations
2) English subtitles now on the foreign-language versions
3) generally improved - though not fully restored or cleaned-up - print/transfer quality
4) streamliner version of A Chump at Oxford included
5) potentially problematic book-style packaging (some reports of glue stuck to playing surfaces, and scratched discs)

I've also read that a couple of shorts (Hog Wild?) are slightly "stretched" to the wrong aspect ratio, and quality on a few titles is disappointing (e.g. Sons of the Desert) but there seems a consensus that generally it's better than the UK edition for the talkies, and obviously there's no PAL speed-up.

There are also commentary tracks on this set, which is not true of the European releases.

I have all the Kinowelt discs, and the UK set, but I just placed an order for this when I saw that great J&R price.

This should be posted in the Talkie deals page, I will put a link there if anyone else doesn't!

Bill

Masters of Cinema sale for the month:

http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/offers/new ... 41111.html" target="_blank

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Thanks for the comments on the Laurel & Hardy. Was struggling on whether or not to buy since I have the UK release.

This is one I've been waiting for - Warner Archives is running a 5 for $50 sale right now. Time to stock up...

Moroder's Metropolis blu-ray is 52% off at Amazon. ($16.62)

http://www.amazon.com/Giorgio-Moroder-P ... 225&sr=1-1" target="_blank

Warner Archives latest sale:

Got my lastest Kino e-mail with the subject title "After-Christmas DVD Blu-ray Sale, 60% Off Entire Collection". OK, I thought to myself, now is the time to replace all those Keaton DVDs with Blu-Ray. Then, when I went to the sale, it was only 40% off.

Incredibly cheap on Amazon.co.uk:

Harold Lloyd Collection - this has almost all of Lloyd's work between 1919 and 1932 plus lots of extras on 9 DVDs. Just £8.49 (!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harold-Lloyd-Co ... 238&sr=8-1

WINGS is $15.99 at Amazon right now, a 36% discount.

Incredibly cheap on Amazon.co.uk:

Harold Lloyd Collection - this has almost all of Lloyd's work between 1919 and 1932 plus lots of extras on 9 DVDs. Just £8.49 (!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harold-Lloyd-Co ... 238&sr=8-1" target="_blank

Wow!! An absolute bargain.

Thanks for the updates to this thread. I'm subscribing to it.

Many KINO DVDs and Blu-rays are 51% off at DeepDiscount. (Doesn't appear to include the most recent releases.)
http://www.deepdiscount.com/Featured-St ... ernational" target="_blank

Unseen Cinema - Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941

It's been a little lower in the past on Amazon, but that was a long time ago.

Right now it's just over 50 percent off at $49.49:

http://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Cinema-Ear ... B000AYEIJA" target="_blank

Product Description
7 DVDs – 20 Hours - 155 Classics of Avant Garde Cinema! "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941" reveals hitherto unknown accomplishments of American filmmakers working in the United States and abroad from the invention of cinema until World War II, and offers an innovative and often controversial view of experimental film as a product of avant-garde artists, of professional directors, and of amateur movie-makers working collectively and as individuals at all levels of film production. Many of the films have not been available since their creation, some have never been screened in public, and almost all have been unavailable in copies as good as these until now. Sixty of the world's leading film archive collections cooperated with Anthology Film Archives to bring this long-neglected period of film history back to life for modern audiences.

More details at the link above and elsewhere on the net.

Rick

Oh, I didn't k.now there was an "inside scoop" thread!
Agnes

The rights on UNSEEN CINEMA expire in a few months, so if you have any interest in it, the present amazon.com deal is a great opportunity before the set becomes the province of the scalpers. The set contains material licensed from major studios and the likelihood of renewal is basically zero.

David Shepard

Amazon has just dropped their price on Kino's Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler to 43 percent off, $22.79:

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Mabuse-Gambler ... B000FS9FLW" target="_blank

Reference:
http://camelcamelcamel.com/Dr-Mabuse-Ga ... B000FS9FLW" target="_blank

Rick

Incredibly cheap on Amazon.co.uk:

Harold Lloyd Collection - this has almost all of Lloyd's work between 1919 and 1932 plus lots of extras on 9 DVDs. Just £8.49 (!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harold-Lloyd-Co ... 238&sr=8-1" target="_blank

Is there any difference between this version and the US release?

Unseen Cinema - Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941

It's been a little lower in the past on Amazon, but that was a long time ago.

Right now it's just over 50 percent off at $49.49:

http://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Cinema-Ear ... B000AYEIJA" target="_blank" target="_blank

Product Description
7 DVDs – 20 Hours - 155 Classics of Avant Garde Cinema! "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941" reveals hitherto unknown accomplishments of American filmmakers working in the United States and abroad from the invention of cinema until World War II, and offers an innovative and often controversial view of experimental film as a product of avant-garde artists, of professional directors, and of amateur movie-makers working collectively and as individuals at all levels of film production. Many of the films have not been available since their creation, some have never been screened in public, and almost all have been unavailable in copies as good as these until now. Sixty of the world's leading film archive collections cooperated with Anthology Film Archives to bring this long-neglected period of film history back to life for modern audiences.

More details at the link above and elsewhere on the net.

Rick

It just dropped again to $41.

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Incredibly cheap on Amazon.co.uk:

Harold Lloyd Collection - this has almost all of Lloyd's work between 1919 and 1932 plus lots of extras on 9 DVDs. Just £8.49 (!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harold-Lloyd-Co ... 238&sr=8-1" target="_blank" target="_blank

Is there any difference between this version and the US release?

Yes, the silent version of Welcome Danger (1929) is on the UK version.

I looked it up and it was about 45 pounds???

Did the price change that much?

Agnes

I believe the UK Lloyd set is now out-of-print (no major UK e-tailer is selling it directly at any price). The £8 Amazon price before Christmas was obviously to clear the remaining copies.

Warner Archive is doing 5 DVDs for $50 again. http://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.html?adid=wacurl

Incredibly cheap on Amazon.co.uk:

Harold Lloyd Collection - this has almost all of Lloyd's work between 1919 and 1932 plus lots of extras on 9 DVDs. Just £8.49 (!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harold-Lloyd-Co ... 238&sr=8-1" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Is there any difference between this version and the US release?

Yes, the silent version of Welcome Danger (1929) is on the UK version.

Not true; it's the sound version of WELCOME DANGER that's on the UK set; the "silent" version (not really the actual originally filmed unreleased silent version, which is lost; this is a conversion of the largely-reshot sound version to silent) continues to be MIA on home video. The US set, of course, has no WELCOME DANGER at all. I've got the sound version recorded from TCM, but I couldn't make it through more than ten minutes. It's awful. I hope that the "silent" version plays better, if I can ever find a copy.

$5 off using the code ENJOY5 on anything at deepdiscount.com. Shipping is free!!!

Finally picked up Fantomas!!! for $15.90. You could also get Wings (for $16.18) on Blu-ray pretty cheap as well! (Note: I paid sales tax, but probably others will get lucky and not have to pay sales tax and thus a dollar cheaper)

Picked up the new Blu of A Night to Remember for $18.97. Thanks!

Amazing Kino thread on silents from Kino! Even the Avant Garde set is on sale for $9.99...Wow!

http://www.kino.com/video/results.php?f ... liate=kcem" target="_blank

I already own a lot of the silents but never could find "Othello", so happy it was part of this sale. I was debating on getting the Marlene Dietrich documentary though...

Joe May's Asphalt for only $8.00 at KINO.

http://kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=819

The latest Eureka/Masters of Cinema sale newsletter:

http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/offers/new ... 50412.html

Another cool sale on Kino.com...the Avante Garde sets (the first two) are $9.99...many more silents featured in this latest sale:

http://www.kino.com/video/results.php?s ... red_id=139