Chaplin's Mutual Comedies (1916-1917)

[Yami]

David Shepard has posted details over at Nitrateville regarding a Blu-Ray release of the Chaplin Mutual Comedies slated for 2014. It looks like all the films have been restored from new 2K scans and will be presented with a choice of either a piano or orchestral score. Sounds good to me!

[RipleyLV426]

Woohoo, FINALLY!!!

[HuggyBear73]

Day 1!

[MifuneFan]

Definitely picking this up. I just started watching some of these through Netflix, and they're endlessly entertaining.

[Mason_Ireton]

Is it possible that we'll see a Blu Ray verison of the Chaplin Collection? I know some of his popular films (Gold Rush, City Lights, Great Dictator) are already available, but it'd be neat if they did a criterion Blu Ray release of the Chaplin Collection

[Scottie]

Excellent. I love Chaplin so I will pick this up without a doubt.

I just watched "The Immigrant" short today on Au Revoir Les Enfants (another great film) and I was highly entertained.

[Atreyu]

Awesome news! My fave has got to be 1 am when he is struggling with that darn murphy bed.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by Mason_Ireton

Is it possible that we'll see a Blu Ray verison of the Chaplin Collection? I know some of his popular films (Gold Rush, City Lights, Great Dictator) are already available, but it'd be neat if they did a criterion Blu Ray release of the Chaplin Collection

Possible. Likely? Your guess, but if so, it'll be after they release The Kid & The Circus which means you'd better be real patient and not too upset if it doesn't materialize.

Oh yeah, great news about the Mutuals.

[tylergfoster]

Link in OP brings up a malware warning. Hopefully they get that fixed.

[RipleyLV426]

Originally Posted by Atreyu

Awesome news! My fave has got to be 1 am when he is struggling with that darn murphy bed.

Omg...you read my mind!! That has got to be one of the best if not THE best virtuoso comedic silent performance ever! One of my favorites of his shorts!

[jetthead]

As a HUGE Chaplin fan, this is a no-brainer purchase.

[Brightstar]

2014 marking 100 years of chaplin films

[The Great Owl]

Color me interested. I love the four Chaplin films that have been released by Criterion, and would definitely be up for some more of his works.

[EricJ]

I've still got the big, bulky 4-disk Image DVD box, of which 2 are documentaries.
I've been wanting to sell this back, but waiting for a more efficient Chaplin Mutual collection to come along. Let's hope they follow through.

(The Pawn Shop was some of the first Chaplin I ever saw in college, and it's still the best one to start on:

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[EVERYONE LIES]

I think Janus Films owns the rights in the U.S. to everything now. I am hoping for an announcement next week as the Tramp will turn 100 on February 7th.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

I think Janus Films owns the rights in the U.S. to everything now. I am hoping for an announcement next week as the Tramp will turn 100 on February 7th.

Nope, the Mutuals are definitely still owned by David Shepard head of Film Preservation Associates

[Atreyu]

Even though I love Chaplin's features some of his shorts on blu would be a welcome treat.

[EVERYONE LIES]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Nope, the Mutuals are definitely still owned by David Shepard head of Film Preservation Associates

I'm under the impression that Chaplin's estate owns the rights to all his movies. That is why every one still survives. He did restore them but I don't think he owns them.

[BluPat]

Sounds awesome!!!!!

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

I'm under the impression that Chaplin's estate owns the rights to all his movies. That is why every one still survives. He did restore them but I don't think he owns them.

The Mutuals aren't under the control of the Estate.

Someone at NitrateVille sums it up:

Criterion is only releasing the Chaplin films owned by the Chaplin Estate, which are all of the independent films he made after co-founding United Artists along with the First National shorts he did under contract shortly before and during the early years of UA. The Mutuals, Essanays, and Keystones are outside of the estate's control

Furthermore, David Shepard said this in Nov 13:

Even though Film Preservation Associates has an unbreakable chain of title to the Chaplin Mutuals