$5 off "Family Secret" DVD until Oct 29

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$5 off "Family Secret" DVD until Oct 29

Post by BenModel » Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:12 pm

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For the month of October -- when Diana Serra Cary will celebrate her 98th birthday -- I've lowered the price of the DVD of The Family Secret by 5 bucks! If you haven't picked up a copy, here's your chance to snag one at $14.98. The DVD includes new transfers of two of Baby Peggy's rare Century comedy shorts, scanned from 35mm -- Miles of Smiles (restored by the Museum of Modern Art) and Circus Clowns (from a print from MoMA and a nitrate of r2 from LoC). The feature is the restoration by Library of Congress, with a new theatre organ score by yours truly; the shorts have piano scores.

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Re: $5 off "Family Secret" DVD until Oct 29

Post by Roseha » Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:56 pm

I strongly recommend the DVD and wish a very Happy Birthday to Diana Serra Cary!
- Rosemary

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Re: $5 off "Family Secret" DVD until Oct 29

Post by Mark Pruett » Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:12 am

The disc also includes two newsreel selections (with piano accompaniment) from 1921 and 1924. They are particularly interesting as they mix winking publicity gags (Baby Peggy, in riding togs, on a horse) with ostensibly candid views of her enjoying the sunshine with her sister and mother. The candid shots are only a bit less contrived than the others, but there is one lovely closeup of Peg with her mother when for a few seconds the Baby Peggy mask falls and we see a little girl's unabashed pleasure at simply spending time with her mom.

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Re: $5 off "Family Secret" DVD until Oct 29

Post by LouieD » Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:06 pm

Does any proceeds from the sale of these go to Diana?

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