Vidbits

August, 1998

VidbitsKino On Video's Slapstick Encyclopedia was made for your VCR, but it belongs in a film class. Culled from 54 one- and two-reel silent comedy shorts (from 1909 to 1927), the impressive eight-volume digest ($24.95 per tape) includes a nod to the pioneers (Oliver Hardy, Ben Turpin), a Mack Sennett compendium (with Mabel Normand and the Keystone Cops), special programs on Chaplin, Keaton, Arbuckle, the Hal Roach comedies and a full tape of the Great Chases (800-562-3330).... Englewood Enterta...