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Seven Years’
Bad Luck
(1921)

Kino Classics
2014 DVD edition

The Max Linder Collection (1917-1922), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 205 minutes total, not rated, including Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), color-tinted black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K1303, UPC 7-38329-13032-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.0 surround sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 27 May 2014.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has been produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris.

This presentation features musical accompaniment arranged and composed by Maud Nelissen.

This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .

Film Preservation Associates
2003 DVD edition

Laugh with Max Linder (1912-1921), color-toned black & white, 117 minutes total, not rated, including Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0508DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05082-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 5.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 23 September 2003.
Country of origin: USA •

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 9 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

Video producer David Shepard has released this DVD collection of Max Linder comedies including a complete presentation of Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), the French shorts Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912), Love’s Surprises (1913), Max Takes a Picture (1913) and Max Sets the Style (1914), and excerpts from Be My Wife (1921).

The disc features an ensemble musical accompaniment arranged, composed and conducted by Robert Israel, and performed on period instruments.

This is our recommended home video edition of Seven Years’ Bad Luck.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Éditions Montparnasse
2012 Blu-ray Disc edition

Le Cinéma de Max Linder (1910-1983), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, with En compagnie de Max Linder [In the Company of Max Linder] (1963), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated, including compiled versions of Be My Wife (1921), Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), and The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922).

Éditions Montparnasse,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC/EAN number.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo and mono sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 60-page insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 6 November 2012.
Country of origin: France

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered in high-definition from archival film elements.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Jean-Marie Sénia.

Supplemental material includes the documentary En compagnie de Max Linder [In the Company of Max Linder] (1963) by Maud Linder; the documentary L’Homme au chapeau de soie [The Man in the Silk Hat] (1983) by Maud Linder; an interview with Maud Linder (7 minutes); a featurette on the restorations (5 minutes); and a 60-page insert booklet.

North American collectors will need a region-free Blu-ray Disc player to view this edition.

This Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Éditions Montparnasse
2012 DVD edition

Le Cinéma de Max Linder (1910-1983), black & white, 321 minutes total, not rated, with En compagnie de Max Linder [In the Company of Max Linder] (1963), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated, including compiled versions of Be My Wife (1921), Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), and The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922).

Éditions Montparnasse,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC/EAN number.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps), and 1.76:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo and mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 60-page insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; €14,95.
Release date: 6 November 2012.
Country of origin: France

This DVD edition has been mastered in high-definition from archival film elements.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Jean-Marie Sénia.

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .

Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition

Max Linder Comedies (1921-1922), black & white, 88 minutes total, not rated, including Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10408-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 30 September 2010.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 5 / additional content: 4 / overall: 5.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print, which is reasonably broad range of greytones and image detail. The print slightly flickers with exposure fluctuations. The sound-speed video transfer is OK.

The film is accompanied by the synchronized orchestral music and sound effects soundtrack from the rerelease source print.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .

Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .