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A Hash House
Fraud
(1915)
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This Keystone comedy, directed by Charley Chase, features Fritz Schade, Louise Fazenda and Ben Turpin.
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 All Day Entertainment
2008 DVD edition
American Slapstick, Volume 2 (1915-1937), black & white, 440 minutes total, not rated, including A Hash House Fraud (1915), black & white, 12 minutes, not 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
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a musical score composed and performed by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Supplementary material includes a 16-page insert booklet with information by Steve Massa about the performers represented in the collection.
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ALL DAY ENTERTAINMENT has discontinued disc sales
and this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2010 DVD edition
The Danger Girl (1916), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, with A Hash House Fraud (1915), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP6347D, UPC 0-89218-63479-5.
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; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 27 April 2010.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 5 / additional content: 4 / overall: 4.
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This budget DVD edition has been mastered from a good 8mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting jazz recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other KEYSTONE comedy films available on home video.
Other silent era BEN TURPIN films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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