Accidentally Preserved: Volume 4 - DVD

Accidentally Preserved Rare and Lost Silent Films from Vintage 16mm Prints is a collection of nine short films made from 1920-1928 that only exist because 16mm prints were made in the 1920s and 1930s for home rentals. The films are all new to DVD - three of them have not been seen by anyone in several decades, and have new musical scores on piano or theatre organ by Ben Model. During the 1930s and 1940s companies like the Kodascope and Universal Show-At-Home libraries made 16mm copies of silent movies for people to rent and watch at home. It was like Netflix for the art deco era. Because these movies were on 16mm safety film, many of them have outlived the original 35mm nitrate prints of silent films that are now lost or extremely rare. It's as if these movies were... Accidentally Preserved. Unavailable to the public for decades, these delightful comedy shorts - as well as the lost, unknown Elgin Watch factory film - return to screens to entertain us once more. The films of Accidentally Preserved volume 1 Wallace Lupino in THE LOST LAUGH (1928) - Jack Duffy in LOOSE CHANGE (1928) - Monte Collins in WEDDING SLIPS (1928) - Paul Parrott in SHOOT STRAIGHT (1923) - Elgin Watch Company - THE HOUSE OF WONDERS (ca. 1931) - Clyde Cook in THE MISFIT (1924) - Cliff Bowes in CHEER UP (1924) - Koko the Clown in MECHANICAL DOLL (1922) - Billy Franey in THE WATER PLUG (1920). Region 0.

Accidentally Preserved Rare and Lost Silent Films from Vintage 16mm Prints is a DVD series of rare/lost silent film shorts that only survive because 16mm copies of silent movies were made in the 1920s, 30s and 40s for people to rent and watch at home. This third volume of rare silent comedies mines it's obscure gems from the shelves of dedicated film collectors. The nine rare / lost silent films on this DVD are presented in a new HD digital transfer with a new musical score by renowned silent film accompanist/historian Ben Model, performed on piano or theatre organ. Stars include Mr. And Mrs. Sidney Drew, Arthur InchDagwoodInch Lake, and a very young Billy Barty among many others. Unavailable to the public for decades, these delightful comedy shorts are now back onscreen, entertaining fans all over again! THE FILMS Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew in WANTED, A NURSE (1915), Bobby Ray in SERVICE A LA BUNK (1921), unid. #prank film A CITRATE SPECIAL (192?), Joe Rock in THE WHIRLWIND (1922), Jack Duffy in NO VACANCIES (1923), Anne Cornwall in LOVE'S YOUNG SCREAM (1928), Big Boy in HOT LUCK (1928), Arthur Lake in WHOSE BABY? (1929), and Billy Barty in HALF A HERO (1929/30). Region 0.

Accidentally Preserved Volume 2 contains nine more short films from the Undercrank Productions archive, made from 1920-1928 that only exist because 16mm prints were made in the 1920s and 1930s for home rentals. The films are all new to DVD - three of them have not been seen by anyone in several decades - and have new musical scores on piano or theatre organ by Ben Model. During the 1930s and 1940s companies like the Kodascope and Universal Show-At-Home libraries made 16mm copies of silent movies for people to rent and watch at home. It was like Netflix for the art deco era. Because these movies were on 16mm safety film, many of them have outlived the original 35mm nitrate prints of silent films that are now lost or extremely rare. It's as if these movies were... Accidentally Preserved. Unavailable to the public for decades, these delightful comedy shorts - as well as the educational blasting cap safety film - return to screens to entertain us once more. The films of Accidentally Preserved volume 2 Bobby Vernon in WHY WILD MEN GO WILD (1920) - Chaplin cartoon CHARLEY ON THE FARM (1919) - Alberta Vaughn in SHERLOCK'S HOME (1924) - Neely Edwards in THE LITTLE PEST (1927) - Lloyd Hamilton in PAPA'S BOY (1927) - Malcolm InchBig BoyInch Sebastian in HELTER SKELTER - Henry Murdock in COOK, PAPA, COOK (1928) - Blasting Cap Safety HOW JIMMY WON THE GAME (1928) - Animated ad CHRISTMAS SEALS FILM (1925). Region 0.