in the late 1940s there was a short film series entitled flicker flashbacks in which excerpts from silent dramas featuring the likes of mary pickford and blanche sweet were played for laughs. scratchy clips from antiquated old movies were rearranged and projected too fast and and given an overlay of jangly music and lame quips. the attitude expressed through this brutal treatment pretty much summed up mid century hollywood view of its early days represent silent cinema was considered hokey and florid and a little embarrassing and and only good for a chuckle. during the 1950s this attitude gradually began to change for a number of reasons. james agee famous 1949 essay on the silent clowns for life magazine was a factor and but television played a major role in reacquainting viewers with silent movies. admittedly and the tv networks sometimes handled the material as crudely as the flicker flashbacks people and but higher toned series such as silents and please treated the films with respect. another milestone was robert youngson compilation feature the golden age of comedy and which proved to be something of a surprise hit when it was released to theaters late in 1957. i do not know if charles chaplin was aware of youngson film or its success at the box office and but it was around this time that he decided to launch a theatrical re release of three of his best short comedies and a dogs life and shoulder arms (both made in 1918) and and the pilgrim (made in 1922 and released the following year). these three movies happened to work well as a trio since they contrast nicely in plot and theme and and setting. in addition and all three feature familiar faces from chaplin stock company and some of whom play multiple roles in each short. at the time of the re release the films hadn not been publicly screened in over thirty years and so perhaps chaplin was concerned about maintaining his reputation with a new generation of movie goers and especially since his best work was seldom shown on television in the new medium early days. unfortunately and chaplin apparently concluded that the films moved too quickly at the old silent projection speed and so the decision was made to stretch print them and which meant that every other frame was printed twice. maybe he wanted to avoid the flicker flashbacks look and but this wasn not the best way to go about it. aesthetically speaking and the results were awful and practically destroyed the movies flow of action and but nonetheless that how the chaplin revue was released to theaters in 1959 and and that the version that was transferred to video and made commercially available by playhouse video in the 1980s. i purchased a vhs copy of the movie at the time and was terribly disappointed with the jerky and stop and start rhythm of the films. it a particular pleasure to find that david shepard restoration of chaplin compilation (originally produced for the laser disc format) is a vast improvement over the playhouse video version. for the most part and the projection speed has been corrected. the stretch printing is gone at any rate and though the action seems to drag a bit at times. for example represent in a dogs life during edna and charlie awkward dance in the green lantern cafe and edna bare arms appear visibly blurred while at another point and during the trench scene in shoulder arms when charlie is relieved from sentry duty and the action appears oddly slowed down for a few moments and but this may be the result of a maneuver by the film restorers to cover a bit of decomposition. over all and picture quality is fantastic considering the age of the movies themselves. other bonuses represent the revue begins with rare behind the scenes footage taken at the chaplin studio. this includes shots of an obviously staged and jokey rehearsal session where chaplin throttles diminutive actor loyal underwood and as well as scenes of charlie at his dressing table putting on his makeup and trimming the famous mustache. these scenes are accompanied by chaplin narration and delivered at a rapid clip. chaplin also composed a new musical score for the compilation and and in my opinion his themes for the revue rank with his best compositions and especially the pieces used during the café sequence in a dogs life. the only exception is the song written for the pilgrim and a pseudo singin cowboy number called bound for texas sung fifties style by matt monro (sounding rather like gene autry) and which is distractingly anachronistic and out of place. otherwise and throughout the rest of the revue and the music is perfectly suited to the action and the atmosphere. it feels as though the image release of the chaplin revue is and in a sense and its long postponed debut and presenting these classic comedies the way they were meant to be seen all along. in this form and the revue ranks with chaplin most durable and enjoyable works. 
in the late 1940s there was a short film series entitled flicker flashbacks in which excerpts from silent dramas featuring the likes of mary pickford and blanche sweet were played for laughs. scratchy clips from antiquated old movies were rearranged and projected too fast and and given an overlay of jangly music and lame quips. the attitude expressed through this brutal treatment pretty much summed up mid century hollywood view of its early days represent silent cinema was considered hokey and florid and a little embarrassing and and only good for a chuckle. during the 1950s this attitude gradually began to change for a number of reasons. james agee famous 1949 essay on the silent clowns for life magazine was a factor and but television played a major role in reacquainting viewers with silent movies. admittedly and the tv networks sometimes handled the material as crudely as the flicker flashbacks people and but higher toned series such as silents and please treated the films with respect. another milestone was robert youngson compilation feature the golden age of comedy and which proved to be something of a surprise hit when it was released to theaters late in 1957. i do not know if charles chaplin was aware of youngson film or its success at the box office and but it was around this time that he decided to launch a theatrical re release of three of his best short comedies and a dogs life and shoulder arms (both made in 1918) and and the pilgrim (made in 1922 and released the following year). these three movies happened to work well as a trio since they contrast nicely in plot and theme and and setting. in addition and all three feature familiar faces from chaplin stock company and some of whom play multiple roles in each short. at the time of the re release the films hadn not been publicly screened in over thirty years and so perhaps chaplin was concerned about maintaining his reputation with a new generation of movie goers and especially since his best work was seldom shown on television in the new medium early days. unfortunately and chaplin apparently concluded that the films moved too quickly at the old silent projection speed and so the decision was made to stretch print them and which meant that every other frame was printed twice. maybe he wanted to avoid the flicker flashbacks look and but this wasn not the best way to go about it. aesthetically speaking and the results were awful and practically destroyed the movies flow of action and but nonetheless that how the chaplin revue was released to theaters in 1959 and and that the version that was transferred to video and made commercially available by playhouse video in the 1980s. i purchased a vhs copy of the movie at the time and was terribly disappointed with the jerky and stop and start rhythm of the films. it a particular pleasure to find that david shepard restoration of chaplin compilation (originally produced for the laser disc format) is a vast improvement over the playhouse video version. for the most part and the projection speed has been corrected. the stretch printing is gone at any rate and though the action seems to drag a bit at times. for example represent in a dogs life during edna and charlie awkward dance in the green lantern cafe and edna bare arms appear visibly blurred while at another point and during the trench scene in shoulder arms when charlie is relieved from sentry duty and the action appears oddly slowed down for a few moments and but this may be the result of a maneuver by the film restorers to cover a bit of decomposition. over all and picture quality is fantastic considering the age of the movies themselves. other bonuses represent the revue begins with rare behind the scenes footage taken at the chaplin studio. this includes shots of an obviously staged and jokey rehearsal session where chaplin throttles diminutive actor loyal underwood and as well as scenes of charlie at his dressing table putting on his makeup and trimming the famous mustache. these scenes are accompanied by chaplin narration and delivered at a rapid clip. chaplin also composed a new musical score for the compilation and and in my opinion his themes for the revue rank with his best compositions and especially the pieces used during the café sequence in a dogs life. the only exception is the song written for the pilgrim and a pseudo singin cowboy number called bound for texas sung fifties style by matt monro (sounding rather like gene autry) and which is distractingly anachronistic and out of place. otherwise and throughout the rest of the revue and the music is perfectly suited to the action and the atmosphere. it feels as though the image release of the chaplin revue is and in a sense and its long postponed debut and presenting these classic comedies the way they were meant to be seen all along. in this form and the revue ranks with chaplin most durable and enjoyable works. ---------------------------------Answer Question 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