Yes Virginia, there's gonna be a Charley Chase Roach Talkie set
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:41 pm
Okay, since apparently some jackass involved with the distribution of future product has blabbed his stupid trap out over the internet on future product that he wasn’t supposed to, and the internerds are already spreading more blab and nonsense, winding themselves up to whine, complain, and talk themselves out of buying the product before anyone has even seen it, it looks like I’d better put out a few facts:
1. Yes, The Sprocket Vault is working on a set of complete Charley Chase Hal Roach Talkies, starting with Volume One, 1930-31, with many shorts featuring Thelma Todd. This set is co-produced by Kit Parker and Myself, and will feature some interesting extras, including commentary tracks on all the shorts by yours truly.
2. This collection will ONLY come out in Volumes, THERE WILL BE NO COMPLETE BOX SET RELEASED AFTER ALL THE VOLUMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED, and sales figures of the previously released volume will affect whether the next Volume will even be released. In other words, if you don’t buy Volume One, there may not be a Volume Two, and if you don’t buy Volume Two, there will not likely be a Volume Three. Support the product as it comes out if you want it to continue to come out.
3. This collection will be released on DVD only, THERE WILL BE NO BLU-RAY VERSION RELEASED. Get over it.
4. Yes, The Sprocket Vault, Kit Parker, and I are working on other collections of Hal Roach material, what they will be will be announced in their own good time, so do not bother us with ideas or suggestions or inquiries as to what they may or may not be, nor spend much time gossiping or whining on the internet as to the possibilities. The best thing you can do is support the product when it comes out if you want to see more of it and leave us alone to get it done.
5. These shorts will look as good as is the best of their ability to look good, but be advised that the surviving materials on the Hal Roach comedies are not the most pristine nor well-preserved materials in the Universe, so it is indeed likely that some shorts will look better than others. If your virgin eyeballs are offended by the possibility that not all of these shorts will look like a 4K scan of CASABLANCA……..tough. They are going to look better than any previous home video release of these titles rest assured.
Now, as you can probably surmise we have a lot of work to do, we did not intend to discuss this set or these projects at all at this date, and will give no further details. We’ll tell you more when there is more to tell that you should know, but if you have seen the other Sprocket Vault releases of recent like WHEN COMEDY WAS KING, GO JOHNNY GO, and THE MYSTERIOUS AIRMAN, you know we have been putting out some darn good product, let us get on with making more of it.
You’re welcome,
RICHARD M ROBERTS
1. Yes, The Sprocket Vault is working on a set of complete Charley Chase Hal Roach Talkies, starting with Volume One, 1930-31, with many shorts featuring Thelma Todd. This set is co-produced by Kit Parker and Myself, and will feature some interesting extras, including commentary tracks on all the shorts by yours truly.
2. This collection will ONLY come out in Volumes, THERE WILL BE NO COMPLETE BOX SET RELEASED AFTER ALL THE VOLUMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED, and sales figures of the previously released volume will affect whether the next Volume will even be released. In other words, if you don’t buy Volume One, there may not be a Volume Two, and if you don’t buy Volume Two, there will not likely be a Volume Three. Support the product as it comes out if you want it to continue to come out.
3. This collection will be released on DVD only, THERE WILL BE NO BLU-RAY VERSION RELEASED. Get over it.
4. Yes, The Sprocket Vault, Kit Parker, and I are working on other collections of Hal Roach material, what they will be will be announced in their own good time, so do not bother us with ideas or suggestions or inquiries as to what they may or may not be, nor spend much time gossiping or whining on the internet as to the possibilities. The best thing you can do is support the product when it comes out if you want to see more of it and leave us alone to get it done.
5. These shorts will look as good as is the best of their ability to look good, but be advised that the surviving materials on the Hal Roach comedies are not the most pristine nor well-preserved materials in the Universe, so it is indeed likely that some shorts will look better than others. If your virgin eyeballs are offended by the possibility that not all of these shorts will look like a 4K scan of CASABLANCA……..tough. They are going to look better than any previous home video release of these titles rest assured.
Now, as you can probably surmise we have a lot of work to do, we did not intend to discuss this set or these projects at all at this date, and will give no further details. We’ll tell you more when there is more to tell that you should know, but if you have seen the other Sprocket Vault releases of recent like WHEN COMEDY WAS KING, GO JOHNNY GO, and THE MYSTERIOUS AIRMAN, you know we have been putting out some darn good product, let us get on with making more of it.
You’re welcome,
RICHARD M ROBERTS