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Mighty Like
a Moose
(1926)

In Mighty Like a Moose (1926), Mr. Moose (Charley Chase) has saved money to secretly correct his buck teeth and Mrs. Moose (Vivien Oakland) has saved money for a secret nose job. The two don’t recognize each other on the street and flirt shamelessly.

The Criterion Collection
2022 Blu-ray Disc edition

Love Affair (1939), black & white, 88 minutes, not rated,
including Mighty Like a Moose (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

The Criterion Collection, CC3333BD, collection number 1114, UPC 7-15515-26881-3, ISBN 978-1-68143-915-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 19:6 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 15 February 2022.
Country of origin: USA

This unexpected source of Charley Chase films has been mastered from 35mm print materials.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Ben Model, the Snark Ensemble, Andrew Earle Simpson, Redwine Jazz, and the West End Jazz Band.

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The Milestone Cinematheque
2011 DVD edition

Cut the the Chase: The Charley Chase Collection (1924-1926), black & white, 303 minutes total, not rated,
including Mighty Like a Moose (1926), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film & Video,
distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories,
Mile00118, UPC 7-84148-01184-4, ISBN 978-1-933920-14-6.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed and 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2011.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition of Charley Chase films is a supplement to other Chase previously-released collections.

The discs have been mastered from a combination of 35mm and 16mm source prints. The prints are generally good to very-good in quality, with a few exceptions at both extremes.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Ben Model, David Drazin, David Knutsen, Donald Sosin, and Rodney Sauer.

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Kino on Video
2004 DVD edition

The Charley Chase Collection (1924-1926), black & white, 121 minutes total, not rated,
including Mighty Like a Moose (1926), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K368, UPC 0-38329-03682-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95 (reduced to $24.95).
Release date: 3 August 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD collection of Charley Chase short comedies was produced with the assistance of Lobster Films, Paris.

The film is presented with an excellent music score by Robert Israel, performed by an ensemble.

This is our recommended home video edition of Mighty Like a Moose.

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Film Preservation Associates
2002 DVD edition

Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated,
including Mighty Like a Moose (1926), color-toned black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0699DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-06992-1.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 4.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo and mono sound, 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: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 8.

In this five-disc DVD collection, disc 3 contains the programs “Keaton, Arbuckle and St. John” and “Hal Roach’s All-Star Comedians.” This edition presents the film from an excellent color-toned 35mm print.

The musical accompaniment is excellent, accompanied with music by Robert Israel and performed by an ensemble.

We highly recommend this DVD edition of the Slapstick Encyclopedia.

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Madacy Entertainment
2012 DVD edition

Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated,
including Mighty Like a Moose (1926), color-toned black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.

Madacy Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment,
VB951290, UPC 6-28261-12909-6.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; rollfold cardboard DVD videobook with cardboard disc pockets; $16.98.
Release date: 25 September 2012.
Country of origin: Canada

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 8.

This budget DVD edition of the mammoth silent comedy collection has been released by the questionable company historically responsible for some of the worst-looking silent film DVDs ever released. However, it is apparent that the video masters prepared by producer David Shepard have been licensed and utilized for this cheap edition.

We have not viewed this edition and caution that disc mastering makes a huge difference in the visual quality of DVDs. If Madacy Entertainment has crammed all of the content onto five single-sided discs, the picture quality will suffer. If the content has been manufactured onto five double-sided discs, and proper care has been taken to master the DVDs, the visual quality could be comparable to the 2002 Image edition noted above.

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Alpha Video
2009 DVD edition

Silent Comedy Classics (1913-1987), black & white, 207 minutes total, not rated,
including Mighty Like a Moose (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 5941D, UPC 0-89218-59419-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 24 November 2009.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 7 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.

This DVD edition of Mighty Like a Moose has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print that is a little soft of image details but is so highly compressed to fit more than 200 minutes of content on a single-sided DVD that the picture is coarsely rendered, and looks terrible on a high-definition system (especially as the film gets to the shoeshine sequence). The video transfer appears to have been lifted from the 2004 Kino edition. If true, shame, shame.

The film is accompanied by synchronized sound effects and a music score performed on digital keyboards by Don Kinnier.

As there are better-looking editions available, this is not a recommended home video edition of this film.

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