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The link below should bring you to the SCHOOL BEGINS (1928) page! :) http://theluckycorner.com/rms/079.html CHEERS! :)

The last time I checked, a print of SCHOOL BEGINS (1928) is known to exist, but is of rather poor quality, according to "The Lucky Corner" website, which is dedicated to 'Our Gang' and all of their Hal Roach titles. Make of that what you will! CHEERS! :)

Do you mean this one? I assume that you might have the initial 2008 THE LITTLE RASCALS COMPLETE COLLECTION DVD set, in which 16 of the shorts had the Blackhawk Films replacement title cards including, I believe, the one above. This was rectified on the subsequent reissued DVDs, at first just...

I'd have to check, but I believe an uncropped LAZY DAYS (1929) has been released through LEGEND FILMS. However, what I'm unsure about is whether the original Hal Roach title cards are used, or if it derives from one of the early 1950s renamed/retitled theatrical reissues, as are at least some...

According to Essanay Paul (Paul Mular): It appears that SONAR is now using the new Vivendi re-mastered DVDs and packaging them in the old Genius Complete Series. The individual discs are out of print. The problem is that is it is hard to tell one set from the other. Here is what is posted...

Current Status For The Little Rascals 2008 RHI/Genius DVD Set (The One With The Blackhawk Titles And Bonus Disc), And The 7 Individual Volume RHI/Vivendi DVD 2011 Revised Reissues: According to Paul Mular of the Niles Essanay Silent Films Museum, this is the current status for the following...

In Dave Lord Heath's Another Nice Forum, Essanay Paul (Paul Mular) has posted that the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Store has sold the last copy of the out of print Volume 6 of The Little Rascals RHI/Vivendi reissued DVDs. As of this morning, they have 3 copies of the out of print Volume 5...

My GENERAL SPANKY (1936) Warner Archive Single Layer DVD-R order finally arrived in today's mail! Aside from the obligatory Piracy Warning Screen, the only extra (No Captions or Subtitles!) is the very simple Menu Screen, as displayed below: From what little I've seen of the visuals, while...

A bit off topic, but I really hope my GENERAL SPANKY Warner Archive DVD-R arrives soon! :) :cheers:

Hi Glen! There is also a 6 DVD set that includes 45 of the 'Our Gang' Public Domain Pathe silent shorts from 1922-28, though it doesn't include any of the 1927 Pathe silents. Unfortunately, from what I can glean, there aren't any available onine at the moment, although there was one sold on...

Hi Glen! Collecting the pre MGM silents is a trickier business, as the various extant titles/cuts can be best described as being scattered to the wind. That said, the following site may be a good place to start for the Public Domain Roach/Pathe shorts...

Hi Glen! In terms of the Hal Roach sound shorts and the available late Roach/MGM silents, yes! Beyond that, there's the new Warner Archive GENERAL SPANKY (1936) DVD-R release, which is the gang's sole Feature Film, and their 52 MGM one reel shorts (1938-44) OUR GANG COLLECTION, which are...

Hi Denny! Here's a listing from another forum that should answer your questions: (All Hal Roach/MGM Issued Silents Have Burned German Subtitles Below English Intertitle Cards) 14 of the silents are included - Disc 1: 01) Dog Heaven (1927) 02) Spook-Spoofing (1928) (The only 'Our Gang' silent 3...

In case the links for the above post disappear, here are the covers for the corresponding German Kinowelt DVD sets: This collection includes all of the shorts from the above 3 sets!

Insofar as at least some of the RHI/Vivendi Revised Little Rascals DVDs are going out of print, I've decided to post the list of available silent and sound shorts via the 2009 German based Kinowelt "Little Rascals" PAL Region 2 DVD sets. 'Our Gang' - The German Kinowelt DVD Sets (Also Available...

Hi Brent! Some details regarding the German releases that I've read about are coming back to me, plus some I was previously unaware of: 1. While I recall reading that the PQ for these is generally good, not ALL of the Hal Roach 'Rascals' Talkies are included in the German Kinowelt sets. In...

Hi Brent! I'm afraid I find myself getting confused over the "Burned-In" terminology, which causes me to think they can't be removed without leaving holes in the image that have to be sloppily filled in with some software program, whereas your description sounds like a pretty simple DVD Shrink...

Hi Brent! To be honest, in regards to the German volumes, I'm only interested in the MGM silents and even then, I'm a bit put off by the inclusion of embedded German subtitles. I don't know why these couldn't have simply been optional? Insofar as the Hal Roach talkies, I consider myself well...

Hi Brent! Regarding A TOUGH WINTER, I'd say it's more of a trade off, rather than a purely better/worse scenario. As referenced on "The Lucky Corner" website, "This Old Gang Of Mine" is played over the opening credits on the Blackhawk print, whereas on the RHI/Vivendi reissue, "Good Old Days"*...

Hi Brent! I can't speak for the 2008 RHI/Genius release insofar as any single layer issues, but I can reassure you the 2011 RHI/Vivendi reissued DVDs are all dual layered! So far as I can tell, these don't present any noticeable compression issues. As I mentioned in my previous post, the...

For those who still wish to obtain all 7 Revised and Reissued "The Little Rascals" RHI/Vivendi DVDs, Volume 6 in particular, The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum only has one copy left, after which they cannot restock it! Furthermore, Paul Mular (Essanay Paul on HTF) has stated it's his...

Hi William! Apart from from posted screenshots an a few clips, I haven't really seen much of the Legend 'Our Gang' titles. Based on that and most posts I've read seem to indicate that they're of at least decent quality, though at least for the most part, a variety of reissue title cards are...

Hi Lou! While I agree with you regarding that principle, I have some theories as to why that never came to pass, in this case: - That RHI's post Genius Entertainment era mandate was to correct only the Blackhawk Titled Rascals shorts that were within the 80 Hal Roach sound shorts. Because...

From what I've observed, since the 7 Little Rascals Revised Volumes were issued by RHI/Vivendi in 2011, the main sticking point has involved the 8th Bonus DVD, which is available only on the 2008 RHI/Genius 8 DVD set of THE LITTLE RASCALS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION. The way I see it, the problem...

Hi Richard! The frustrating aspect regarding the RHI sets, is the having to either; 1) Buy the 2008 RHI/Genius 8 DVD set, in which a full 1/5 of the 80 Hal Roach Talkies use the replaced Blackhawk Titles, in order to get the Bonus DVD which, by most accounts, is a Treasure Trove; 2) Buy the 7...

Hi James! Unfortunately, since plans to release more of the extant 'Our Gang' silents fell through awhile back, online options seem to be where it's at! There are also some Pathe silents (Which, I believe are all Public Domain) on YouTube. CHEERS! :) Tony

I did google the sellers, JnP Store Canada. Unfortunately, ALL links appear to be via Amazon Canada, only! :P For international buyers, the only way around it that I see, is to have the Little Rascals, Volume 6 DVD would be to have it shipped to a Canadian Address, and then have that person...

Hi Richard! I actually found a second listing for Volume 6 on Amazon Canada with a $25.93 price tag. Still pricey, in my opinion, but a lot better than $853! The downside is the Canadian Merchant that's carrying this won't ship it to the U.S, at least not via Amazon. I know this, because...

Hi Joe! Apart from what I've listed as not fixed in post #143, the shorts on the single RHI/Vivendi LR volumes were indeed, fixed! It's too bad that at least one of these individual DVD volumes is showing signs of having gone out of print before the LR Complete Collection, which in my...

Hi Rob! I believe the total number of shorts among the 80 Hal Roach Talkies on the Box set that had the Blackhawk reissue Titles (Not including the 8th Bonus disc!) was 16, with Disc 7 (From 1937-38) containing the most, with 7! From what I've read (And further deduced!), only Disc 2 went...