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Monty Banks
Hollywood’s Forgotten Comic Genius
(1923-1927)

Contents: The Covered Schooner (1923), Paging Love (1923), Pay or Move (1924), Wedding Bells (1924) and Chasing Choo-Choos [condensed version of Play Safe] (1927).

Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition

Monty Banks: Hollywood’s Forgotten Comic Genius (1923-1927), black & white, 103 minutes total, not rated, including The Covered Schooner (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Paging Love (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Pay or Move (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Wedding Bells (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Chasing Choo-Choos [condensed version of Play Safe] (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7957D, UPC 0-89218-79579-3.
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: 16 May 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

Please note that we purchsed a copy of this edition but found that it would not play in any of our players and arrangements would not be made to replace the defective disc.

For our comparative reviews of some of the individual films in this collection, see our Chasing Choo-Choos on home video, The Covered Schooner on home video, Paging Love on home video, Pay or Move on home video and Wedding Bells on home video pages.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .

Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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