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The Films of
Monty Banks
(1923-1924)
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Contents: The Covered Schooner (1923), Wedding Bells (1924), Pay or Move (1924) and The Golf Bug (1924).
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Grapevine Video
2018 DVD edition
The Films of Monte Banks (1923-1924), black & white, 92 minutes total, not rated, including Wedding Bells (1924), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, The Covered Schooner (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Pay or Move (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Golf Bug (1924) black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 5 October 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection of the Monty Banks comedy short films has been remastered with improved scans and digital clean-up. All of the films have been transferred from 35mm nitrate prints.
The films are presented with either a custom music score by David Knudtson or a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
For our comparative reviews of some of the individual films in this collection, see our The Covered Schooner on home video, Pay or Move on home video and Wedding Bells on home video pages.
This is our recommended home video edition of the films.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2002 DVD edition
The Films of Monty Banks (1923-1924), black & white, 92 minutes total, not rated, including Wedding Bells (1924), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, The Covered Schooner (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Pay or Move (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Golf Bug (1924) black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 2002.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection of the Monty Banks comedy Wedding Bells (1924) is likely to be identical to the presentation reviewed here.
All of the films have been transferred from 35mm nitrate prints.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era Monty Banks films available on home video:
Wedding Bells (1924)
Collections and boxsets that include silent era Monty Banks films:
Monty Banks: Hollywood’s Forgotten Comic Genius (1923-1927)
Slapstick Masters (1917-1929)
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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