Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Across the Plains
(1928)
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This western drama, directed by Ford Beebe, stars Leo D. Maloney and Pauline Curley, with Edward Burns, Fred Burns and Bud Osborne.
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
Cowboy Classics, Volume 2 (1924), black & white, 70 minutes total, not rated, including 100% Nerve (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Across the Plains (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7421D, UPC 0-89218-74219-3.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 24 June 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print. The publisher notes that it is an old print and “picture anomalies exist.”
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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