The Alice Howell Collection

In her heyday, she was a legitimate rival to Normand and Dressler as queen of screen comedy, and the surviving silent slapstick shorts of frizzy-coifed funnywoman Alice Howell are collected here. Included are "Shot in the Excitement" (1914), "Father Was a Loafer" (1915), "Under New Management" (1915), "How Stars Are Made" (1916), "Neptune’s Naughty Daughter" (1917), "In Dutch" (1918), "Distilled Love" (1920), "His Wooden Leg-Acy" (1920), "Her Lucky Day" (1920), "Cinderella Cinders" (1920), "A Convict’s Happy Bride" (1920), and "Under a Spell" (1920). 3 2/3 hrs. on 2 discs. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.