Even though the Keystone collection is on DVD I've found it to be well worth watching. Being earlier in his career, the negatives were printed to death so the quality is all over the map. I am enjoying seeing his earliest shorts and it's easy to see the development of the Tramp character.
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Thank you for the replies and info. I'm going to try to track down the Image DVD of the First National shorts.
I finished Chaplin's autobiography recently, and then went right into David Robinson's authorized bio. It's well-known that Chaplin shared next to nothing about the production of his...
A couple years ago I picked up the excellent Essanay and Mutual collections from Flicker Alley. I also started searching for an affordable copy of their seemingly out-of-print Keystone collection at that time but gave up; however I have just started looking again (the Essanay/Mutual titles are...