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Don’t Shove
(1919)
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This short comedy features Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard and Bebe Daniels.
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 All Day Entertainment
2008 DVD edition
American Slapstick, Volume 2 (1915-1937), black & white, 440 minutes total, not rated, including Don’t Shove (1919), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by Facets Video,
DV96585, UPC 7-36899-11822-8, ISBN 1-56580-777-4.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 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 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 16-page insert booklet; standard three-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 22 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with musical accompaniment arranged and performed on piano by Ethan Uslan.
Supplementary material includes a 16-page insert booklet with information by Steve Massa about the performers represented in the collection.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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ALL DAY ENTERTAINMENT has discontinued disc sales
and this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is . . .
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 Passport Video
2007 DVD edition
Smiles and Spectacles: A Harold Lloyd Treasury (1917-1947), black & white, 600 minutes total, not rated, including Don’t Shove (1919), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated.
Passport Video, DVD-5160, UPC 0-25493-51609-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (five 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) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); double-wide five-disc DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 13 February 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD edition has been mastered from greyed-out 16mm print materials.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
Lost Comedy Classics, Volume 2 (1917-1919), black & white, 82 minutes total, not rated, including Don’t Shove (1919), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7236D, UPC 0-89218-72369-7.
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 5.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $6.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 10 December 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print transferred at too fast a rate for natural-speed movement. The transfer and print are not as greyed-out as other home video editions. The coarse resolution, however, keeps this edition from a better evaluation.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack crudely compiled from preexisting music sources.
Any of the other editions noted above will be more satisfying than this one.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era HAROLD LLOYD films available on home video.
Other silent era BEBE DANIELS films on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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