Chaplin Mutuals scheduled for July 11th DVD release

The Chaplin Mutuals have been pushed back to a July 11th release
date. Deep Discount has it listed for about 40 bucks.
>From the Image website:
Quote:
Twelve films directed and written by Charlie Chaplin, with new
orchestral scores composed and conducted by Carl Davis! Restored from
premier quality original 35mm film! This edition of The Chaplin Mutual
Comedies has been restored from the finest surviving 35mm film
elements, with additions and improvements from new film materials which
have surfaced since Image's previous edition. FEATURED FILMS: THE
FLOORWALKER - THE FIREMAN - THE VAGABOND - ONE A. M. - THE COUNT - THE
PAWN SHOP - BEHIND THE SCREEN - THE RINK - EASY STREET - THE CURE - THE
IMMIGRANT - THE ADVENTURER

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The Gentleman Tramp: This 1975 feature-length film made from the life
and work of Charlie Chaplin is narrated by Walter Matthau, with
excerpts from My Autobiography read by Laurence Olivier, excerpts from
the great Chaplin features, Chaplin family home movies, and scenes of
Chaplin at home near Vevey, Switzerland. "This delightful film has
captured the quintessence of the artist and his art and has done so in
terms accessible to everyone." (The New York Times).
Chaplin's Goliath: 1996 Oscar-winnning documentarian Kevin MacDonald
reveals the story of Eric Campbell, the huge Scottish actor who
achieved screen immortality as the "heavy" in the Chaplin Mutual
comedies.
"The Mutual-Chaplin Specials," an appreciation by Jeffrey Vance, author
of Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema
"Making The Gentleman Tramp," a reminisence by Richard Patterson
Stills Gallery: This amazing DVD-ROM gallery contains more than ninety
superb, rare images from the collection of Jeffrey Vance, many of them
behind-the-scenes shots never before published.

Doug Sulpy wrote:
> Let's see...
>
> I bought the Blackhawk prints.
> I bought the re-mastered Blackhawk prints.
> I bought the laser set.
> And the re-mastered laser set.
> And the re-remastered laser set.
> Then the Image DVDs....
>
> And I'd jump on the new one TOO, but it still feels like a waste of
> money because I'm 100% sure I'll STILL be going to my shelf to pull
> elements that are missing from these new re-re-re-re-remasters.
>
> "But, Doug! They're in 16mm!"
>
> Oh, oh... yeah. I forgot. The difference in image quality would be so
> startling, I'm sure it would make for an entirely unsatisfactory
> viewing experience...
>
> (snort).

I've heard nothing about the Mutual DVDs being limited to 35mm only.
Why don't you see 'em before you piss on 'em, Doug?