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His Luckless
Love
(1915)
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This rare Tom Kennedy (who?) comedy from the Keystone studio features Tom as a husband with a roving eye for the maid who can’t stay out of trouble with his wife or the maid’s boyfriend.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
Keystone Comedies, Volume 1 (1915-1917), black & white, 101 minutes total, not rated,
including His Luckless Love (1915), sepia-toned black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10092-5.
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 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95.
Release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 3 / additional content: 6 / overall: 4.
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This DVD-R edition from Grapevine Video has been transferred from a good 16mm reduction print, which is soft of image detail, with contrasty greytones, blasted-out highlights, some speckling and dust, and exposure fluctuations. The video transfer is adequate on standard equipment, and rougher going on high-definition systems, but it remains watchable when the print deficiencies are excused.
The film is accompanied by an electric organ score that may not be customized to the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2002 DVD edition
Eyes of the Mummy (1918), color-toned black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with His Luckless Love (1915), sepia-toned black & white, 12 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 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 2002.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 3 / additional content: 6 / overall: 4.
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This DVD-R edition from Grapevine Video has been transferred from a good 16mm reduction print, which is soft of image detail, with contrasty greytones, blasted-out highlights, some speckling and dust, and exposure fluctuations. The video transfer is adequate on standard equipment, and rougher going on high-definition systems, but it remains watchable when the print deficiencies are excused.
The film is accompanied by an electric organ score that may not be customized to the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other KEYSTONE comedy films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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