8-plus hours of silent comedy classics!
The four videotapes in KINO's second SLAPSTICK ENCYCLOPEDIA box are housed in a highly decorative and sturdy storage case. Subject matter covered: Chaplin, his imitators and other music hall comics, HAL ROACH shorts, non-stop action and lesser-known actors in crazy comedies.

FOR SYNOPSES OF ALL FILMS, SEE COMMENT #1 (link is located below)


KINO's SLAPSTICK ENCYCLOPEDIA BOXED SET 1 showcase very early shorts, Mack Sennett comedies, actresses in unusual roles and Buster, Fatty and Al. (VHS edition)


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

VOL. 5 - CHAPLIN AND CO.--
(5.9) He's In Again (1918) - Billy West/Oliver Hardy/Leo White/Ethelyn Gibson/Charley Chase/Bud Ross
(3.9) Live Wires and Love Sparks (1918) - Billy Ritchie/Viola Barry/Eva Nelson/Gene Rogers
(6.7) A Night in the Show (1915) - Charlie Chaplin/Edna Purviance/Charlotte Mineau/Dee Lampton/Leo White/Wesley Ruggles/John Rand/James T. Kelley
(6.8) Only Me (1929) - Lupino Lane (uncredited: Wallace Lupino)
(5.7) Pie-Eyed (1925) - Stan Laurel/Glen Cavender/Thelma Hill
(7.3) The Rink (1916) - Charles Chaplin/Edna Purviance/James T. Kelley/Eric Campbell/Henry Bergman/Lloyd Bacon

VOL. 6 - HAL ROACH: THE LOT OF FUN--
(6.9) Big Moments from Little Pictures (1923) - Will Rogers/Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams/Charlie Hall
(6.2) Dogs of War! (1923) - Jackie Condon/Mickey Daniels/Jack Davis/Joe Cobb/Allen 'Farina' Hoskins/Mary Kornman/'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison/Harold Lloyd/Leo White/Fred C. Newmeyer
(6.5) Fluttering Hearts (1927) - Charley Chase/Martha Sleeper/Oliver Hardy/William Burress/Eugene Pallette
(6.9) Get Out and Get Under (1920) - Harold Lloyd/Mildred Davis/Fred McPherson
(7.3) It's a Gift (1923) - 'Snub' Pollard/Marie Mosquini/William Gillespie/Wallace Howe/Mark Jones
(5.6) Oranges and Lemons (1923) - Stan Laurel/Katherine Grant/Eddie Baker/James Finlayson/'Tonnage' Martin Wolfkeil

VOL. 7 - THE RACE IS ON--
(7.7) Chasing Choo Choos (1927) - Monty Banks/Virginia Lee Corbin/Leo Willis
(5.7) Circus Today (1926) - Billy Bevan/Andy Clyde/Kewpie Morgan/Madeline Hurlock/Betty Welsh (uncredited: Billy Gilbert/Tiny Ward)
(6.2) Danger Ahead (1926) - Earl McCarthy/Charlotte Merriam/Jack Cooper/Max Asher
(6.1) Out Bound (1924) - Sidney Smith/Cliff Bowes/Virginia Vance
(8.4) Teddy at the Throttle (1917) - Bobby Vernon/Gloria Swanson/Wallace Beery/May Emory/Blanche Phillips
(5.9) Water Wagons (1925) - Madeline Hurlock/Andy Clyde/Sidney Smith/John J. Richardson/Bud Ross/Leo Sulky

VOL. 8 - TONS OF FUN--
(4.2) Dry and Thirsty (1920) - Billy Bletcher/Vera Reynolds/John Dempsey
(5.7) Family Life (1924) - Mark Jones/Ruth Hiatt/Otto Fries/Sunshine Hart/Tommy Hicks
(5.3) The Grocery Clerk (1920) - Larry Semon/Frank Alexander/Lucille Carlisle/Monty Banks/Frank Hayes/Jack Duffy/William Hauber
(7.7) Now You Tell One (1926) - Charley Bowers
(3.2) Three of a Kind (1926) - Hilliard Karr/Frank Alexander/'Kewpie' Ross/Lois Boyd
(6.0) Yukon Jake (1920) - Ben Turpin/Bud Ross/Natalie Kingston/Kalla Pasha/John J. Richardson/Tiny Ward