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>> I am the proud owner of two large box sets( vide >> tapes) of Chaplin films. >> Which I recieved as Christmas gifts. I sat down to >> enjoy them and found I was having a hard time >> following them.They just weren't having the same >> impact on me as I had gotten from seeing some of them >> in the past on tv. The problem I discovered, much to >> my disappointment, was the music. >> Whom ever assembled these videos, used what seems to >> me to be Dixie land jazz. Old recordings at that. >It's >> nice enough music, which I'm sure could be better >> enjoyed by itself. But in the context of these old >> films, just doesn't fit and is really quite >> distracting. At certain points you can actually hear >> someone speaking! (I thought these were supposed to >be >> silent films!) Quite Irritating. Well I needed to >talk >> about this and vent a little. Thanks for listening. >> This is a great web site to visit if you're a fan. >> I'll be back again. > >You must be talking about the Madacy sets. I have >both of them, and I certainly agree about the music. >A number of other fans feel the same way. By itself >it's fun but it's just doesn't go with the movies. >What I would suggest is get some ragtime (Scott Joplin >is good...he did "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf >Rag") and also classical music also works. Chaplin >himself used some classical bits for some of his >movies like his re-release of "The Gold Rush" >(narrated version) and The Great Dictator. > >Calvero :) >Forum Op >Chaplin Fans Unite! at <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://calvero.tripod.com/chaplin/home.htm"> >http://calvero.tripod.com/chaplin/home.htm </a>

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