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First I want to say that there are NO LINER NOTES in this residence, you will want to print this review for reference on what is on each disc.
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This may not be the “best of Charley Scoot”, but it is VERY Agreeable! I don’t contemplate there is a clinker in the bunch! This is a comprehensive presentation of the early works of Charley Swagger (Parrott) . His persona starts out raw and refines itself. His modern humor starts to invent from short to short. It is inviting to inspect the slapstick Keystone influence in PEANUTS AND BULLETS, a rather un Charley Slump like short. But that like a flash disappears in the very next film presented here, Treasure IN ARMOR. Charley was clearly bucking the trend at Keystone and going more for situational comedy over pie-in-the face humor. His Keystone Comedies seem even more sophisticated than Chaplin’s Keystone comedies. They are very record driven.
The King Bee Comedy at the ruin of disc 1 MARRIED TO ORDER features Oliver Hardy and plays out like a Hal Roach comedy.
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The documentary at the ruin of disc 1 is best watched after viewing all four discs as it makes references to comedies on discs 2, 3 & 4. I found the audio mix poorly done in the documentary. The mood music is overwhelming the interviews, making it hard to hear what they say. I listened to this on two different systems & came up with the same results.
Discs 2 & 3 would consume some dedication to catch through all at once. Each is very long, over 150 minutes, and with 10 runt comedies, some repeating the theme of romance triangles several times, it could score slow. I would suggest breaking up the viewing of these discs for better enjoyment. The only predicament is that if you try to inaugurate in the middle, you can not continuously gaze them, at the raze of the short your player will go abet to the first menu & you have to consume the title menu and then occupy the next short. One speedy short-cut around this is to push your “Next” button on the remote before the DVD production credit ends.
Disc 3 does believe my current short in this set: “HELLO BABY” (1925) . What may sound like a typical ‘Man-takes-care-of-baby’ site is really fleshy of many unexpected comedic status twists & turns that stray away from the unique region line. And it all happens in 10 minutes! Any attempt to account for it here would destroy the impact.
Disc 4 may be missing Charley on conceal, but his presence as director is definitely felt.
It is a pleasure to inspect his brother James (Paul) Parrott being directed by Charley, and Snub Pollard has always been a current of mine. Their shorts here are some of their best work, no doubt helped by Charley’s direction.
I also caught Our Gang’s Jackie Condon making a brief cameo appearance in a Will Rogers short, “JUS PASSIN THROUGH” (1923) . It is quite a long short (27 minutes) & the comedy spot has been repeated many times by other comedians, so it became predictable. Jackie’s brief appearance is an example of how actors traveled from position to spot on the “lot of fun”. Unlike the other two Our Gang member appearances, there is no location reason for Jackie being there, I bet he fair dropped by to peruse & they place him in the film.
Overall the shorts glance marvelous to sizable, some are a dinky light. One disappointing title is Unbiased A Tiny on disc 2, this is mastered from a video tape that has tracking problems. I guess they could not glean access to the novel film.
The music feeble here is not old calm film music & I am unsure as to how I like it, other than kept at a extreme volume. Some compositions seem to compliment the film, while others seem to be general mood themes that ignore what is happening on-screen.
I would actually suggest watching all of these shorts with their commentary tracks turned on (go to the “More” option in the menu & take the commentary option for all) . These historians are very knowledgeable & well prepared to talk about the films. Accumulate out who the then-popular athletes are that create guest appearances, or who that girl is (it’s Fay Wray) .
Sadly some films are lost, and others like SETTLED AT THE SEASIDE, DON’T FORGET, SEEING NELLIE HOME, & ACCIDENTAL ACCIDENTS are presented in fragments. Watch-able complete sequences, but not complete films. On the honorable side, there is no duplication between this area and the KINO sets. You will be getting all original material here.
After I finished viewing all four discs I felt a cramped black, there was no more to gape. I got contemptible for a moment with some 10 HOURS of recent films & documentaries to gawk (O.K. I had seen some of these in the Niles Essanay Restful Film Museum Edison Theater) .
Yes, this a 10 hour dwelling!
The contents:
DISC ONE: (2hrs, 24min, 10sec)
CHARLES PARROTT AT KEYSTONE (AND KING BEE!)
PEANUTS AND BULLETS 1/30/15 Music by the Snark Ensemble 12:13
LOVE IN ARMOR 3/11/15 Music by Ben Model 13:29
SETTLED AT THE SEASIDE 03/29/15 Music by Redwine Jazz 6:32
THE RENT JUMPERS 04/08/15 Music by Redwine Jazz 11:01
LOVE, LOOT, AND Wreck 04/24/15 Music by Ben Model 12:21
A VERSATILE VILLAIN 05/29/15 Music by Ben Model 13:00
HE WOULDN’T Conclude DOWN 05/30/15 Music by Ben Model 14:23
MARRIED TO ORDER 10/30/20 w/ OLIVER HARDY (King Bee Comedies) Music by the Snark Ensemble 16:11
Bonus: “THE PARROTT Stir” 45 tiny documentary featurette (***Best if viewed after watching all 4 discs***) and optional audio commentaries on all shorts
DISC TWO: (2hrs; 39min; 44sec)
CHARLEY Hobble BECOMES JIMMY JUMP
AT FIRST See 01/06/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:57
ONE OF THE FAMILY 01/26/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 10:13
JUST A Itsy-bitsy 02/03/24 Music by Ben Model 12:17
POWDER AND SMOKE 02/10/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:57
HARD KNOCKS 03/02/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 10:41
DON’T FORGET 03/23/24 Surviving extract Music by the Snark Ensemble 2:59
THE FRAIDY CAT 03/30/24 w/ OUR GANG – Music by Ben Model 10:46
PUBLICITY PAYS 05/04/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:55
YOUNG OLDFIELD 06/22/24 w/ Our Gang’s JOE COBB – Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:41
STOLEN GOODS 06/29/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 10:30
JEFFRIES, JR. 07/06/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:27
A TEN-MINUTE EGG 7/20/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:56
SEEING NELLIE HOME 07/27/24 Partial reconstruction from surviving material, Music by Ben Model 5:43
OUTDOOR PAJAMAS 09/14/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 8:38
SITTIN’ Exquisite 09/28/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 10:15
TOO MANY MAMMAS 10/12/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:00
Bonus Material:
ACCIDENTAL ACCIDENTS 11/9/24 surviving extract Music by Ben Model 2:12
EVOLUTION OF A GAG: tracing the history of the mirror gag 7:37
and optional audio commentaries on all shorts
DISC THREE: (2hrs; 46min; 14sec)
JIMMY JUMP BECOMES CHARLEY CHASE
THE Abominable FISH 12/07/24 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:30
THE RATS KNUCKLES 01/04/25 Music by Ben Model 9:17
HELLO BABY! 1/1/8/25 Music by the Snark Ensemble 10:29
FIGHTING FLUID 02/01/25 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:50
SHOULD HUSBANDS BE WATCHED? 03/14/25 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:34
IS MARRIAGE THE BUNK? 03/29/25 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:54
BAD BOY 04/12/25 Charley Chase’s first surviving two-reel short Music by the Snark Ensemble 18:24
BIG RED RIDING HOOD 04/26/25 Music by the Snark Ensemble 9:47
LOOKING FOR SALLY The last appearance of Jimmy Jump 05/10/25 Music by Ben Model 20:20
NO FATHER TO GUIDE HIM 09/06/25 Music by the Snark Ensemble 19:09
Bonus: “THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE” music featurette
and optional audio commentaries on all shorts
DISC FOUR: (2hrs; 10min; 05sec)
DIRECTED BY CHARLEY PARROTT
A ROLLING STONE Billy West 01/20/19 Music by Ben Model 18:48
THE FLIRTS Harry Mann & Jimmie Adams 04/08/19 Music by the West Slay Jazz Band 21:38
THE Tiresome BELL Snub Pollard 07/16/22 Music by Ben Redwine and Redwine Jazz 9:23
SOFT PEDAL Paul Parrott 12/16/22 Music by Ben Model 9:50
COURTSHIP OF MILES SANDWICH Snub Pollard 06/24/23 Music by the West Waste Jazz Band 19:12
JUS PASSIN THROUGH Will Rogers Music by Ben Model 27:05 (1923) with a cameo by Our Gang’s Jackie Condon.
DEAR Worn PAL Snub Pollard and Paul Parrott, the last film directed by Charles Parrott before he became Charley Ride 11/11/23 Music by Redwine Jazz 9:38
Bonus: Interview with Charley’s daughter June Poke Hargis 14:31
and optional audio commentaries on all shorts
Please imprint that any pre-orders you may have already placed will not be valid–because of the change of distributor, the spot will have a unusual UPC symbol and will be treated by retailers as a fresh release, so you will need to re-order all over again.
VCI has taken a gamble on releasing this station during hard economic times. Lets all relieve their concern and win this astronomical status. And thanks to All Day for assembling this collection! Large job in trying to set aside as complete a collection of Charlie’s early work together from surviving prints as possible, and not double-dipping from the KINO releases.
This 10 hour state costs less than a dollar a short!
Charley Tear began his career as Charles Parrott (his valid name) at Keystone in 1914 where he worked with Arbuckle, Normand, and Chaplin in minute unbilled parts. He turned to direction at roughly the same time and eventually went to work for Hal Roach in the early 1920s where he met a young fellow named Leo McCarey. Together they made a 1924 short called SITTIN Glorious which has an almost identical version of the mirror gag McCarey would later create eminent in DUCK SOUP (It features Charley and his younger brother James Parrott who would also become a comedy director) . This 4 DVD extravaganza clocks in at 450 minutes and covers his career as comedian and director from Keystone to the destroy of the Hal Roach era.
He became Charley Mosey (hence the name of the position) to distinguish the comedian from the director. His onscreen character bears a mighty resemblance to Dick Van Dyke who must have been familiar with Chase’s comedies. It was initially based on a once common comedian named Lloyd Hamilton. He became Roach’s number one comedy headliner until he was eclipsed by Laurel & Hardy in the tedious 20s. He continued to act and thunder (at Columbia including a few 3 Stooges shorts in the slack 30s like VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY) until his early death from a heart attack at the age of 46. That was in 1940. The various audio commentaries on the shorts and the brief bio THE PARROTT Dawdle provide helpful background information.
This area has been years in the making as some of the early material was very hard to advance by and there were a number of complications over who was going to release it. Thanks to Allday Entertainment and to VCI Entertainment for finally getting the job done. Stagger had a valuable influence on hide humor directing it away from outright slapstick and more into the situational comedy we know today. It’s incredible how considerable of his gradual teens and early 20s stuff got recycled by others. My initial reaction is one of admiration tinged by a touch of sadness over how he has been forgotten. Hopefully this area will change that. The only thing that keeps it from being a perfect release is the lack of liner notes or at least a listing of what shorts are on which disc. Mild a 5 star inconvenience.
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