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Big Moments from
Little Pictures
(1924)
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Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) with Will Rogers. Rogers parodies Blood and Sand (1922), Robin Hood (1922), Over the Hills (192?) and the Keystone Kops.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2002 DVD edition
Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated, including Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0699DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-06992-1.
One single-sided, dual-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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; five standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 7 May 2002.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 6 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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This quality DVD edition has been mastered from an excellent 35mm print, with some sections of print decomposition. The full-frame video transfer produces a flat grey overall image with grey highlights.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack of canned orchestral music, organ music, and guitar and harmonica music.
This edition is, to our knowledge, still the only complete presentation of this film on home video.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Madacy Entertainment
2012 DVD edition
Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated, including Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Madacy Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment,
VB951290, UPC 6-28261-12909-6.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; rollfold cardboard DVD videobook with cardboard disc pockets, $16.98.
Release date: 25 September 2012.
Country of origin: Canada
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This budget DVD edition has been mastered from an excellent 35mm print, with some sections of print decomposition. The full-frame video transfer produces a flat grey overall image with grey highlights.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack of canned orchestral music, organ music, and guitar and harmonica music.
We caution that disc mastering makes a huge difference in the visual quality of DVDs. Since the content has been manufactured onto five double-sided discs, and if proper care has been taken to master the DVDs, the visual quality is comparable to the 2002 Image edition noted above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Kino Classics
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
Blood and Sand (1922), black & white and color-toned black & white, 104 minutes, not rated, with Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) [excerpts], black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K24333, UPC 7-38329-24333-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 11 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition’s supplement section includes the Blood and Sand parody from Will Rogers’ Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) from an excellent 35mm print with some quickly-passing decomposition.
The film is accompanied by a piano performance by Rodney Sauer.
The entire film is not presented here.
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This Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Kino Classics
2020 DVD edition
Blood and Sand (1922), black & white and color-toned black & white, 104 minutes, not rated, with Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) [excerpts], black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K24332, UPC 7-38329-24332-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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.
Release date: 11 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition’s supplement section includes the Blood and Sand parody from Will Rogers’ Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) from an excellent 35mm print with some quickly-passing decomposition.
The film is accompanied by a piano performance by Rodney Sauer.
The entire film is not presented here.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Kino on Video
2001 DVD edition
Blood and Sand (1922), black & white and color-toned black & white, 94 minutes, not rated, with Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) [excerpts], black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K214, UPC 3-83290-21429-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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 4.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 9 October 2001.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition’s supplement section includes the Blood and Sand parody from Will Rogers’ Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) from an excellent 35mm print with some quickly-passing decomposition.
The entire film is not presented here.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
Will Rogers: Silent Comedy Classics (1922-1924), black & white, 67 minutes total, not rated, including Big Moments from Little Moments (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment,
ALP 8577D, UPC 0-89218-85779-8.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 9 January 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print of the film.
The film is likely to be accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era WILL ROGERS films available on home video:
The Headless Horseman (1922)
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on DVD home video.
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