Charlie Chaplin French DVDs UPDATED

[Brent_Reid]

There are currently some erroneous entries for two of his films, but trying to explain exactly exactly what the numerous mistakes are would be really complicated. Instead, this is what they should look like (copied, pasted and amended from the original):

City Lights

R2 France - GCTHV (Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video)
Extras:"The Pawnshop" (1916) short film
Text production notes and Chaplin bio
Subtitles: None
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital Dual Mono
Case type:Keep Case
Notes:
NTSC-PAL transfer of the US Image DVD master
French title: Les Lumières de la Ville
Also released in a 10-DVD box set [ASIN B00N6RY49C]
[Includes French intertitles - UNCONFIRMED]

R2 France - Opening
Extras:Text production notes
"The Pawnshop" (29:18) short film
Subtitles:French (FORCED)
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 1.0
Case type:Keep Case
Notes:
NTSC-PAL transfer [UNCONFIRMED] of the US Image DVD master
Also issued as a double feauture with "A King in New York" (1957), titled "Les Films De Ma Vie" [ASIN B004CG2PI8]

The Gold Rush

R2 France - Opening
Extras:"The Immigrant" (1917) short film (24:10)
Text production notes
Subtitles:French
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Case type:Keep Case
Notes:
NTSC-PAL transfer [UNCONFIRMED] of the US Image DVD master
Package incorrectly mentions 94 min runtime

Pending confirmation, I'd advise removing the runtime from the footnotes in case it was copied from the other PAL DVDs.

There are no Fravidis DVDs; they only released the previous VHS cassettes. Please refer to my notes here, in the last paragraph.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Updated, thank you!

[Brent_Reid]

You're welcome! However, the "Columbia" label for City Lights is still incorrect and the 10-DVD box set is actually titled "10 chefs d'œuvre". Also, there's no 10-DVD box set for the Opening disc.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Got it. Updated City Lights.

[Brent_Reid]

The label's still incomplete: it was released by "GCTHV" - which stands for Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Updated as Gaumont

[Brent_Reid]

I've just noticed the footnotes for the City Lights BD claim it was released in Canada by Entertainment One - not so. Canada's default options are imported US discs; they have no domestically released Chaplin product.

By the way, James, I see you live in Tokyo; do you happen to know anyone who owns the Kadokawa BD or Geneon DVD box sets for adding to the database? This site can't correctly hyperlink their Japanese character URLs, but they are:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/チャップリン-Blu-ray-BOX-チャールズ・チャップリン/dp/B01L760GPY
https://www.amazon.co.jp/ラヴ・チャップリン-コレクターズ・エディション-BOX-1-DVD/dp/B00012IIYW
https://www.amazon.co.jp/ラヴ・チャップリン-コレクターズ・エディション-BOX-2-DVD/dp/B0001E3CKK

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Updated "City Lights". No, I can't find any info on the Japanese Chaplin releases, and they are crazy expensive for me to check out myself.