More adequate transfers of rare Edgar Kennedy shorts. Includes a remake of Laurel & Hardy's lost HATS OFF!
I rarely endorse Alpha Video products, but when it comes to Edgar Kennedy there is no alternative.
Alpha has now reduced themselves to producing burned DVD-Rs instead of pressed DVDs. That said, lets talk about the amateurish transfers. For the most part these are good condition 16mm films telecine'ed on someone's home film transfer system, not professional film transfers. Some shorts have a slight greenish tint, others have a purple tint, one has tints that switch back & forth in the middle of a scene. All films appear to have been transferred to 3/4" video tape and that old tape was used to author this DVD.
One short, "A QUITE FORTH" inserts VHS tape footage for missing scenes in their 3/4" tape master. The trouble is that they missed a missing scene and there is an abrupt jump from Edgar milking a cow to Edgar running up to a picnic table chasing his brother-in-law. We never know why he chased him.
Two other shorts "CLOCK WISE" & "IT'S YOUR...
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