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The Caretaker’s
Daughter
(1925)
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This Hal Roach comedy stars Charley Chase and Katherine Grant, and features support from William J. Kelly, George Siegmann, Symona Boniface, James Parrott and James Finlayson.
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2011 DVD edition
Cut the the Chase: The Charley Chase Collection (1924-1926), black & white, 303 minutes total, not rated, including The Caretaker’s Daughter (1925), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories (now distributed by Kino Lorber), Mile00118, UPC 7-84148-01184-4, ISBN 978-1-933920-14-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 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) 5.1 surround sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; two-page insert card; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD collection of Charley Chase films is a supplement to other Chase previously-released collections. The discs have been mastered from a combination of 35mm and 16mm source prints. The prints are generally good to very-good in quality, with a few exceptions at both extremes.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Ben Model, David Drazin, David Knudtson, Donald Sosin and Rodney Sauer.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
MILESTONE FILMS through . . .
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 Alpha Video
2009 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Classics (1913-1987), black & white, 207 minutes total, not rated, including The Caretakers Daughter (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 5941D, UPC 0-89218-59419-8.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $7.98.
Release date: 24 November 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from an analog videotape copy (probably VHS videotape) mastered from a 16mm reduction print, made worse by high disc compression to fit more than 200 minutes of content onto a single-sided DVD. The picture is coarsely rendered and occasionally looks horrible on a high-definition system.
The film is accompanied by synchronized sound effects and a music score performed on digital keyboards by Don Kinnier.
Not great but possibly the only home video edition available on DVD.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era CHARLEY CHASE films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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