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Pokes & Jabbs
12 Comedy Shorts
(1912-1917)
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Contents: A Visit to Lively Town (1912), A Pair of Birds (1915), Ups and Downs (1915), Deviled Crabs (1917), plus eight other films.
This collection of short comedies produced by Vim Comedy Film Company, Lubin Manufacturing Company, Wizard Film Company and Jaxon Film Corporation feature Bobby Burns and Walter Stull, better known as Pokes & Jabbs.
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 Split Reel
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
Pokes & Jabbs: 12 Comedy Shorts (1912-1917), black & white, 120 minutes total, not rated, including A Visit to Lively Town (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Pair of Birds (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Ups and Downs (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Deviled Crabs (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, plus eight other films.
Split Reel, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 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; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $25.00.
Release date: 3 June 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from archival film elements held by the Library of Congress and the British Film Institute National Archive.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Supplemental material includes bonus content (to be announced).
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Split Reel
2025 DVD edition
Pokes & Jabbs: 12 Comedy Shorts (1912-1917), black & white, 120 minutes total, not rated, including A Visit to Lively Town (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Pair of Birds (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Ups and Downs (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Deviled Crabs (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, plus eight other films.
Split Reel, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-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; $25.00.
Release date: 3 June 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from archival film elements held by the Library of Congress and the British Film Institute National Archive.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Supplemental material includes bonus content (to be announced).
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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