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School Days
(1920)

This comedy short, directed by Larry Semon, Mort Peebles and Norman Taurog, stars Larry Semon and Lucille Carlisle, with Frank Alexander, Jack Duffy and Frank Hayes.

Kino Classics
2024 Blu-ray edition

Vitagraph Comedies (1907-1922), black & white, 565 minutes total, not rated, including School Days (1920), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K26603, UPC 7-38329-26603-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc (three BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard three-disc BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 14 May 2024.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from archival film elements.

The films are accompanied by music scores compiled, composed and performed by Esin Aydingoz, Caterina Maddalena Barbieri, Camila Cortina Bello, Teil Buck, Linda Chase, Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez, Renée T. Coulombe, Annette Johnson, Chris Lock, Liz Magnes, Karen Majewicz, Ben Model, Shane Prediville, Dana Reason, Chris Rorrer with Daniel Mandrychenko, Don Ross, José María Serralde Ruiz, Andrew Earle Simpson, Dylan Talisien, Peter Valsamis, Gonca Feride Varol, Violin Noir, and Qingye Wu.

Supplemental material includes audio commentaries by film historian Anthony Slide; and interviews with curator Rob Stone, archivists Lynanne Schweighofer and Geo. Willeman, and film historian Rob Farr (24 minutes total).

This is our recommended home video edition of the films.

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Looser Than Loose
200? DVD edition

The Larry Semon Reference Set, Volume 1 (1917-1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, including School Days (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Looser Than Loose Vintage Entertainment,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 48 kHz 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $19.99 (raised to $24.99).
Release date: 200?.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.

The film is likely to be accompanied by soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .