These memorable comedy shorts ran from the 1920s until the early 1940s, and are still enjoyable in modern times. Not to mention, they have very much historical significance. I think they really need proper restoration. There have been many VHS releases, and a few DVD ones as well, but the best release by far is the one by Cabin Fever Entertainment. They were uncut, unlike the TV broadcasts which most other releases were sourced from, and were restored beautifully from 35mm MGM prints (supposedly from the Library of Congress). When Cabin Fever Entertainment began releasing these films on DVD, though, they had gone out of business. Sadly, this makes the DVD version extremely hard to find. All other DVD releases that I know of are in poor quality and censored and/or colorized. Luckily enough, I was browsing LDDB today, and coincidentally discovered that Cabin Fever Entertainment also released a Laserdisc copy. Do you think an LDRIP should be done? I do own a Pioneer Laserdisc player, but I’m unsure about the video capture equipment I may have. Would anyone else be interested in seeing this happen?
Screen grooming. A most underrated activity. - hairy_hen
The mic was in picture!
^_^
Also, I'm wondering if Cabin Fever released on Laserdisc all of the same volumes that were on VHS. I think the DVD release was never actually completed, in terms of the number of episodes, before they went out of print. Does anybody know anything more about this? I don't have very much information, and would like to know if it'd be worth it for me to track down and purchase all of the LDs.
Screen grooming. A most underrated activity. - hairy_hen
The mic was in picture!
^_^
The most recent DVD releases from Vivendi use the uncut masters that were used by Cabin Fever, and are of great quality. There are 7 volumes in total, which cover the same 80 shorts that Genius Entertainment released in their set (1929-1938), but fixes all of the problems that the set had, and the volumes are affordable.
Here's Amazon's listing for Volume 1: