Hey, Laughsmith, any news on Arbuckle Vol. 2???

External Since: Jul 13, 2003 Posts: 236

Ya see,

Ever since your stupendously wonderful Arbuckle set landed in my collection,
I've been hankering for more, and apparently there's a second set in the
works, but it's been awhile since your site has been updated...in fact, I
may be blind, but I don't even see a mention of Industrial Strength Keaton
on it! Can you give us AMS'ers some inside info on what you have in store
for the near (and distant) future? Will we see Arbuckle II: Roscoe's
Revenge this year? Will it contain FATTY AND MABEL ADRIFT, by all accounts
an excellent film which I have yet to see? How about THE COOK and RECKLESS
ROMEO? Yes, I know, they've been released already, but it would be nice to
have these rediscovered gems included in a more comprehensive set. Can I
pathetically grovel and beg you to restore MOONSHINE by melding the
fragments of good-quality 35mm footage with the inferior 16mm footage so at
least it's complete and as good quality as possible? Ditto with OUT WEST,
which, even in the "Best Arbuckle/Keaton" set is still missing some bits
which could be spliced in from the print featured in the other set? Are you
still planning on going ahead with the Mabel Normand set? The Chaplin
imitators set? Is there anything else on your slate I need to prematurely
salivate over???

External Since: Jun 26, 2005 Posts: 55

Indeed, the website has been sorely
neglected lo these many months --
our merry band has been otherwise
occupied with a massive amount of
comedy reconstruction work since
the release of ISK. The hazards of
being a small company.

However, fear not! We are toiling away
on several new collections which, I hope,
will set a new standard for us. More, the
new LEI website, which was supposed
to go live months ago, is finally ready.
Just need time to update everything.

I am bound from revealing details of our
current plans, but you can bet that the
Our Gang set, Mabel Normand, Arbuckle
Volume II and others will be available
before you can say "I wish that someone
would do a Lloyd Hamilton collection..."

Sit tight. ;)

-- Paul E. Gierucki