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Oddity Archive: Episode 270 – VHS (& Betamax) Public Domain Oddities (Silent Movie Day 2023) (+ Annex Posts) (Patreon)

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2023-09-27 15:36:28
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SIlent Movie Day strikes again!  Last year, it was gonna be about some of the quirky stuff I've encountered on (mostly) cheapie Public Domain tapes (of silents, of course), but it got derailed in favor of the history lesson I gave.  This time around, we'll do that originally intended episode.


As always, I've got Annex bonuses.  This time around, both of them come from the RetroCirq collection, but I am now in possession of the tapes.  Neither have any bearing on this episode, they're just appropriate for Silent Movie Day.

Great Performances: The Eagle (Valentino) wraparounds (WPBT, PBS, Miami, FL) (mid-1988) - http://youtu.be/w4mHG760Hu4

Great Performances: Buster Keaton’s “Our Hospitality” (COMPLETE BROADCAST) (WPBT, PBS – Miami, FL) (mid-1988) – http://youtu.be/hHo4B7m_638


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Oddity Archive: Episode 270 – VHS (& Betamax) Public Domain Oddities

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Comments

Jason Haman

Another thought, following on from my YT comment. I know you've covered the bargain bin home video companies well already, and there probably won't be enough to warrant another episode. But on the off-chance you do another one, I'd love to know more about Viking Video Classics. I did a decent bit of searching after watching your episode(s?) on those companies, and eventually turned up pictures of the sleeves and blank-lined-labels, and that was it. (And even that felt validating.) So I know it'd be difficult if not impossible, and don't expect anything. But, for all its bargain bin cheapness, Viking Video Classics introduced me to silent movies, including my first and favorite, Phantom of the Opera, and also some newer stuff like The Terror, and it holds a very fond and nostalgic place in my heart. And the LP speed even elevated it a bit, since my family's VCR (and many later or hi-fi/SVHS decks), couldn't record LP, only play it. Yeah, I'm weird like that. When I bought my 1st VCR, I sought out a hi-fi one that could record LP, because the rareness of that made it feel special. It was a Montgomery Wards LXI, iirc.