The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers
There was a wonderful piece of news in the Flicker Alley email newsletter. Later this year (date to be announced), the video label will release a 2-Disc Blu-ray set containing new 2K transfers of 17 short films by stop-motion animation pioneer and comedian Charley Bowers.
Here’s the scoop:
What for some audiences may be a delightful introduction, and others a fresh re-discovery, The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers offers a rare portal into the imagination of one of the great innovators and creators of early cinema. Featuring new 2K transfers and new discoveries never been seen before, Flicker Alley, in association with Lobster Films and the Blackhawk Films® Collection, invite you to experience the genius of cartoonist, animator, director, and comedian Charley Bowers, seen in all his surreal brilliance.
Presenting 17 newly restored films in a deluxe 2-disc Blu-ray edition:
A.W.O.L. (1918)
The Extra-Quick Lunch (1919)
Egged On (1926)
Fatal Footsteps (1926)
He Done His Best (1926)
Now You Tell One (1926)
A Wild Roomer (1927)
Many A Slip (1927)
Nothing Doing (1927)
Say Ah-h! (1928)
There It Is (1928)
Whoozit (1928)
It’s A Bird (1930)
Believe It Or Don’t (1935)
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins (1939)
A Sleepless Night (1940)
Wild Oysters (1941)
