Billy Bevan: Silent Comedian - BLU-RAY

When the construction crew signed on to clear an airstrip on a remote Pacific island, the blueprints didn't indicate that the local ruins were home to a malevolent energy being... or that the formless fiend would possess their heavy equipment and bring it to lethal life! Cult favorite made-for-TV sci-fi shocker stars Clint Walker, Robert Urich, Neville Brand, Carl Betz. 74 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles audio commentary; interview; image gallery; theatrical trailers.

Monty Banks was one of the biggest comedy stars of the 1920s, so the fact that he is now almost forgotten is especially unfair, as he was one of the few comics to graduate from two-reelers to features successfully. In fact he made a total of nine features. That's more than Harry Langdon made and almost as many as Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. - Perhaps he is best remembered today for being Gracie Fields' director and husband, and on the rare occasions his silent film work is mentioned, it is generally condensed down to one scene a stunt-filled runaway train sequence, excerpted from his feature film 'Play Safe' (aka 'Chasing Choo-Choos'). - The films in this 2-disc set are a snapshot of the various phases of Monty Banks' silent film career, and provide a great overview of his developing comedy style, as well as showing his incredible agility as a top-notch stunt performer. The films have been sourced from film archives around the world and then scanned, restored and, in some cases, reconstructed, in order to provide the most complete versions possible, which will help you to get to know, appreciate and enjoy little Monty Banks. - Contents   A Blind Pig (1918); The Belles of Liberty (1918); Camping Out (1919); Coppers & Scents (1919); Her First False Hare (1919); One Night Only (1919); A Flivver Wedding (1920); Fresh Air (1921); Cleaned and Dry (1921); Love's Handicap (1923); Paging Love (1923); Always Late (1923); Home Cooking (1924); A Wild Goose Chase (1924); Atta Boy (1926) (feature); Play Safe (1927) (feature) - Extras 'Silent Location' reports (x6) - John Bengtson; Horsehoes (1927) (excerpts); For the Love of Mike (1932)(trailer); Restoration Demonstration - Music scores by Donald MacKenzie, Meg Morley, Omar Rasidagic, Richard Siedhoff and Ethan Uslan.   Primary film prints courtesy of the BFI, Blackhawk Films, Eye Filmmuseum, Filmarchiv Austria, Gosfilmofond

This remarkable collection offers 21 acclaimed brief experimental films created between 1922-2022 by Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Flaherty, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and many others, all complemented by newly composed musical scores. Offerings include InchThe Enchanted CityInch (1922), InchReturn to ReasonInch (1923), InchThe Twenty-Four Dollar IslandInch (1925), InchAnemic CinemaInch (1926), InchLife and Death of 9413Inch (1927), InchA Bronx MorningInch (1931), InchHearts of AgeInch (1934), InchLook ParkInch (1973), and InchTenga Fe (2022).Inch 188 min. Total. Standard; Soundtrack music score. Silent with music score.