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• The Complete BUSTER KEATON Short Films 1917-1923 (Masters of Cinema) (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (25/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Eureka Entertainment to release BUSTER KEATON - The Complete Short Films 1917-1923, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UIK on 18 July 2016. Containing thirty-two films - with a running time of over 740 minutes - this collection documents Buster Keaton's short films between 1917 -1923. Capturing Keaton's first steps in front of a camera this box set charts his early association with ex-keystone Kop Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle through to starring in, headlining, and directing his own box office smash hits. Using Chaplin's old Hollywood studios in 1920, Keaton's sophisticated technical inventiveness coupled with his haunted-yet-handsome 'Stone Face' persona, created a succession of the most timeless, classic comedy shorts ever realised. The masters of cinema series is proud to present the following films in a luxurious four-disc box set, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

• Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 (Masters of Cinema) 4-Disc Blu-ray REISSUE | Blu Ray | (17/01/2022) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Capturing Keaton's first steps in front of a camera, this box set charts his early association with ex-Keystone Kop Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle through to starring in, headlining, and directing his own box office smash hits. Using Chaplin's old Hollywood studios in 1920, Keaton's sophisticated technical inventiveness coupled with his haunted-yet-handsome 'Stone Face' persona, created a succession of the most timeless, classic comedy shorts ever realised. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present these films on Blu-ray from meticulous restorations.Featuring: The Butcher Boy (1917), The Rough House (1917), His Wedding Night (1917), Oh, Doctor! (1917), Coney Island (1917), Out West (1918), The Bell Boy (1918), Moonshine (1918), Good Night Nurse (1918), The Cook (1918), Backstage (1919), The Hayseed (1919), The Garage (1919), The High Sign * (finished 1920, released 1921), One Week* (1920), Convict 13* (1920), The Scarecrow (1920), Neighbors (1920), The Haunted House (1921), Hard Luck (1921), The Goat (1921), The Playhouse* (1921), The Boat* (1921), The Paleface (1922), Cops* (1922), My Wife's Relations (1922), The Blacksmith (1922), The Frozen North (1922), Daydreams (1922), The Electric House (1922), The Balloonatic (1923), The Love Nest (1923)* Audio Commentary availableProduct Features1080p presentations across four Blu-ray DiscsMultiple scores on selected titlesArchival audio commentaries by Joseph McBride on The 'High Sign', One Week, Convict 13, The Playhouse, The Boat, and CopsVersion of The Blacksmith containing four minutes of previously unseen footageAlternate ending for Coney IslandAlternate ending for My Wife's RelationsThat's Some Buster, video essay by critic and filmmaker David CairnsAn introduction by preservationist Serge BrombergThe Art of Buster Keaton, actor Pierre Étaix discusses Keaton's styleLife with Buster Keaton, Keaton re-enacts Roscoe Arbuckle's Salomé dance performed in The CookAudio recording of Keaton at a party in 1962.

• The Buster Keaton Collection | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A collection of 28 films featuring the 'Great Stone Face' himself Buster Keaton. Buster Keaton is one of the trio of great comedy geniuses that the silent era produced and along with Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd can still be considered one of the great comics of all time. Buster starred in both features and shorts and as proof of his enduring popularity his 1927 masterpiece The General was voted number 18 on the AFI-Top 100 Funniest films of all time in June 2000. B

• Charlie Chaplin Collection 1 | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £11.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Charlie Chaplin Collection 1 contains: Kid Ayto Races In Venice: Charlie dressed as a tramp for the first time goes to a baby-cart race in Venice California. He causes a great deal of trouble and confusion both on off the track (getting in the way of the cameraman) and on (interfering with the race). He succeeds in irritating both the participants and the public. Cruel Cruel Love: A rich lord loves a girl. A maid who has seen the two accosts the lord in a park and embraces him. This is seen by the girl who calls off their relationship. The lord decides to commit suicide but the butler replaces the poison with water. The girl her love now restored rushes to what she thinks is the lord's deathbed. A Film Johnnie: Charlie goes to the movie and falls in love with a girl on the screen. He goes to Keystone Studios to find her. He disrupts the shooting of a film and a fire breaks out. Charlie is blamed gets squirted with a firehose and is shoved by the female star. A Night Out: After a visit to a pub Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife. The Rival Mashers (AKA Those Love Pangs): Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady. In the park they each fall different girls though Charlie's has a male friend already. Charlie considers suicide is talked out of it by a policeman and later throws his girl's friend into the lake. Frightened the girls go off to a movie. Charlie shows up there and flirts with them. Later both rivals substitute themselves for the girls and attack the unwitting Charlie. In an audience-wide fight Charlie is tossed from the screen.

• Retour de Flamme 05 - The Fabulous Days Of The Early Cinema | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £19.08   |  Saving you £5.91 (30.97%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Includes the following: Arthome Swallows his Clarinet The Cook All this & Rabbit stew Love & Advertising An Excursion to the Moon La Samaritaine Publi-cine By Indian Post Ctrano de Bergerac Ain't she Sweet The Flight Around the World

• Charlie Chaplin Collection 2 | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Charlie Chaplin Collection 2 contains: Tillies Punctured Romance: Charlie Chaplin stars as a smooth city slicker conman in this silent classic and he seduces farm girl Marie Dressler into stealing her fathers money then he leaves her upon discovering that she is to be a wealthy heiress he returns to marry her but her rich uncle and the Keystone Cops make an appearance. This was Chaplins 35th film and his last for Keystone. Knock Out: A couple of tramps down on their luck and hungry decide to fake an exhibition boxing match for a promoter. Meanwhile Pug a good-hearted but boisterous fellow takes on a gang of mashers who make unwanted advances to his girlfriend. Impressed by his abilities the mashers decide to pass Pug off as Cyclone Flynn the champion and enter him in the boxing match. But the real Cyclone shows up and he and Pug battle it out in the ring. Soon the fight progresses to include pistols rooftop chases and the Keystone Kops in hot pursuit.