Next year, Kino Video will bring Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts to Blu-ray. This set collects the sixteen short features that Buster Keaton made for Educational Pictures between 1934 and 1937.
The included two-reelers are:
The Gold Ghost
Allez Oop
Palooka from Paducah
One Run Elmer
Hayseed Romance
Tars and Stripes
The E-Flat Man
The Timid Young Man
Three on a Limb
Grand Slam Opera
Blue Blazes
The Chemist
Mixed Magic
Jail Bait
Ditto
Love Nest on Wheels
While Kino has not yet released the technical specifications for this two-disc package, the Blu-rays will contain the following bonus supplements.
Film notes on individual shorts
Why They Call Him "Buster" feature
Photo gallery
Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts is expected to street on March 20th, 2012.
Wait, what? When the DVD set came out, Kino said the quality difference HD provided these shorts wasn't significant enough to release it on Blu-ray, thus explaining the DVD-only release last year. What suddenly changed?
Speaking of The Cameraman. I wonder if Ted Turner (or whoever) will do us a favor and upgrade the 3 MGM features to blu-ray. Too bad Kino doesn't have the rights.
