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The Wrong
Mr. Fox

(1917)

 

The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917) with Victor Moore. Ham actor Jimmie Fox (Moore) bound for Canaan, Vermont, is mistaken for Reverend John Fox bound for Canaan, New Hampshire. Jimmie’s ‘sermon’ is funny.

coverFilm Preservation Associates
2002 DVD edition

Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated, including The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates,
distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID0699DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-06992-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (five DVDs total in the boxset); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 4.5 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; five standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 7 May 2002.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print. The full-frame video transfer renders a flatish picture with grey highlights.

The film is accompanied by theater pipe organ music by Ken Rosen.

This is our recommended edition of The Wrong Mr. Fox.

 
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coverGrapevine Video
2006 DVD edition

Betsy Ross (1917), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 256 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 3 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 4 / additional content: 5 / overall: 4.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 8mm reduction print that is a bit dark and tightly cropped. At that gauge, it is no surprise that picture details are a bit blurry.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

An OK presentation as an extra to the main feature on this disc, but we recommend the editions noted above for the actual short itself.

 
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