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# The Mishaps of Musty Suffer

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The Mishaps of Musty Suffer was a series of comedy shorts released weekly, in three series of ten films, from 1916-17. It was popular, successful and well-reviewed…and yet it is almost completely forgotten today. Playing Musty Suffer was Ziegfield Follies headliner comic Harry Watson, Jr.…also forgotten. 24 of the 30 "Musty" films survive and have been in the collection of the Library of Congress since 1959 but are rarely seen. The films are hilarious, full of cartoony and surreal settings and slapstick, and have a circus influence. This DVD contains 8 of the best of the surviving Musty shorts, seen for the first time ever on video in new HD transfers from master material preserved by the Library of Congress, and featuring brand new musical scores by Ben Model. Be sure to pick up the companion guide by Steve Massa with detailed film notes and history on the series and a complete Musty filmography. The booklet even fits inside the DVD case for handy reference! THE MISHAPS OF MUSTY SUFFER: "Going Up" (1916) - 12 mins "The Lightning Bellhop" (1916) - 13 mins "Just Imagination" (1916) - 14 mins "Blow Your Horn" (1916) - 12 mins "While You Wait" (1916) - 14 mins "Local Showers" (1916) - 12 mins "Outs and Ins" (1916) - 12 mins "Spliced and Iced" (1917) - 12 mins "Hold Fast" (excerpt) (1916) - 6 mins "Capturing Chicago" (1916)- 10 mins image gallery

Review: Great Wacky Stuff and Excellent Soundtracks. - Wow, what a great find! Excellent restorations of films I am astonished even still exist, and some of these are very funny! Not only that, but they are full of exceptional imagination--reminds me a little of Charlie Bowers, but with better pacing. The ensemble is also amazing; they are a wonderful group of bizarros and they work tightly together with some fantastic pantomime. Watson even dances in a couple of these films. I wish they had continued to make movies; I would like to see a whole lot more of these wonderful actors. So, we have short, inventive comedies with wildly creative characters and situations, in quite viewable prints, AND... drum roll please... Exceptional musical accompaniments! Now if anyone out there has by some chance of fate ever read my other reviews of silent films, you probably know that the sound accompaniments are critical to me, and insufficient sound makes me crazy. I can't stand it if the music does not seem to relate to the image, or if it is out of sync (the sound-picture sync problem in the recent release of newly-restored Chaplin's Mutual Films makes me want to firebomb my screen). I must say these are the best musical accompaniments I have ever heard from Mr. Model. He even goes right ahead without apology and places musical accents where there are visual highlights (read: when someone gets hit over the head), and IT IS GREAT! And NO it is not distracting--his music supports the movies beautifully, and makes the comedy come to life. There were a few times when I laughed out loud, and later realized that it was his musical accent that pushed me over the top from a smile to a laugh. There are other comedians out there who need to be brought out of the attic, and I recently read that Mr. Model is next working on a Marcel Perez DVD. Judging by the few clips I've found of this early comedian, the upcoming DVD will also be enlightening. Get this "Musty Suffer" DVD now, and be sure to watch for "The Marcel Perez Collection", probably out early 2015.
Review: Absolute perfection in silent motion picture restoration, and darn funny too!!! - I am only reviewing Volume 1 of the release (my review will cover both Volumes 1 and 2). Now, this is the way that silent comedy DVD's should be done!! This is a 5-star labor of love at the pinnacle of perfection!! These were painstakingly restored and mastered from Library of Congress 35mm original nitrate prints from 1916 and 1917. They look beautiful - perfect, and I mean PERFECT projection speed (not looking like a 13 minute boudoir chase from The Benny Hill Show). Of course, there are times when the action does speed up, but that was at the joint decision of both the director and cameraman to emphasize a visual point in a scene (such as an escalator chase or something similar), but overall, the visual flow of these films are not to far removed from a sound movie. Plus, with all new musical scores done by one of the world's best silent film music writers, Ben Model (a heck of nice guy, I met him years ago out in Los Angeles). Harry Watson, Jr., Mr. "Musty Suffer" himself, was a visionary film actor/maker. His surrealistic comic-strip style of violent slapstick was years ahead of its time - a kind of harbinger of things to come with the slapstick of The Three Stooges some 20 years later. An active filmmaker (who got his start as a clown in the Ringling Bros./Barnum and Bailey circus around the turn of the last century) from around 1912 until 1917, he returned to Broadway and Vaudeville for the most part from 1917 until his "reported" death in September of 1930. I put quotes around "reported" because there is also a believable story of a man with the same credentials and work history who died much later in October of 1965, at the age of 89. You decide which version you wish to believe, but, if you want a great example of what great silent comedy is all about, then pick up these discs today!!!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Harry Watson Jr., George Bickel, Rosa Gore, Dan Crimmins |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 31 Reviews |
| Format | NTSC |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 57 minutes |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Wacky Stuff and Excellent Soundtracks.
*by F***E on November 10, 2014*

Wow, what a great find! Excellent restorations of films I am astonished even still exist, and some of these are very funny! Not only that, but they are full of exceptional imagination--reminds me a little of Charlie Bowers, but with better pacing. The ensemble is also amazing; they are a wonderful group of bizarros and they work tightly together with some fantastic pantomime. Watson even dances in a couple of these films. I wish they had continued to make movies; I would like to see a whole lot more of these wonderful actors. So, we have short, inventive comedies with wildly creative characters and situations, in quite viewable prints, AND... drum roll please... Exceptional musical accompaniments! Now if anyone out there has by some chance of fate ever read my other reviews of silent films, you probably know that the sound accompaniments are critical to me, and insufficient sound makes me crazy. I can't stand it if the music does not seem to relate to the image, or if it is out of sync (the sound-picture sync problem in the recent release of newly-restored Chaplin's Mutual Films makes me want to firebomb my screen). I must say these are the best musical accompaniments I have ever heard from Mr. Model. He even goes right ahead without apology and places musical accents where there are visual highlights (read: when someone gets hit over the head), and IT IS GREAT! And NO it is not distracting--his music supports the movies beautifully, and makes the comedy come to life. There were a few times when I laughed out loud, and later realized that it was his musical accent that pushed me over the top from a smile to a laugh. There are other comedians out there who need to be brought out of the attic, and I recently read that Mr. Model is next working on a Marcel Perez DVD. Judging by the few clips I've found of this early comedian, the upcoming DVD will also be enlightening. Get this "Musty Suffer" DVD now, and be sure to watch for "The Marcel Perez Collection", probably out early 2015.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolute perfection in silent motion picture restoration, and darn funny too!!!
*by S***S on March 21, 2026*

I am only reviewing Volume 1 of the release (my review will cover both Volumes 1 and 2). Now, this is the way that silent comedy DVD's should be done!! This is a 5-star labor of love at the pinnacle of perfection!! These were painstakingly restored and mastered from Library of Congress 35mm original nitrate prints from 1916 and 1917. They look beautiful - perfect, and I mean PERFECT projection speed (not looking like a 13 minute boudoir chase from The Benny Hill Show). Of course, there are times when the action does speed up, but that was at the joint decision of both the director and cameraman to emphasize a visual point in a scene (such as an escalator chase or something similar), but overall, the visual flow of these films are not to far removed from a sound movie. Plus, with all new musical scores done by one of the world's best silent film music writers, Ben Model (a heck of nice guy, I met him years ago out in Los Angeles). Harry Watson, Jr., Mr. "Musty Suffer" himself, was a visionary film actor/maker. His surrealistic comic-strip style of violent slapstick was years ahead of its time - a kind of harbinger of things to come with the slapstick of The Three Stooges some 20 years later. An active filmmaker (who got his start as a clown in the Ringling Bros./Barnum and Bailey circus around the turn of the last century) from around 1912 until 1917, he returned to Broadway and Vaudeville for the most part from 1917 until his "reported" death in September of 1930. I put quotes around "reported" because there is also a believable story of a man with the same credentials and work history who died much later in October of 1965, at the age of 89. You decide which version you wish to believe, but, if you want a great example of what great silent comedy is all about, then pick up these discs today!!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Classic Film Comic, Re-Discovered!
*by J***S on September 1, 2014*

Some hilarious stuff here, and some of the humor is whacked - not what you might expect from 1916-17. Watson's face was certainly made from elastic vinyl; nothing else could stretch and reconfigure itself into so many different contortions. He was a master of facial expression, in the comic vein - not so much an acrobatic comic like Keaton or Chaplin. There are some great gags in these shorts, and some very creative camera and film manipulation for special effects. The price is obviously good, so what are you waiting for? Buy it! I am VERY glad these old films have been made available!

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