Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Buckaroo Kid
(1926)
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Hoot Gibson stars in this Universal western comedy-drama directed by Lynn Reynolds. Ethel Shannon and Burr McIntosh support. As much of the film takes place in the city as it does on the ranch.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
The Buckaroo Kid (1926), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with Breakin’ Loose (1925), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10100-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); MPEG-2 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: September 2005.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print that is missing the original opening titles and some of its introductory footage. The faster-than-natural-speed video transfer is soft in image details and a little contrasty. Some shots and intertitles are too dark to easily discern their content. Some dust and speckling are present as are several instances of schmutz, print damage and splices, but the main problem here is the older analog video transfer with its low resolution and uneven, dark exposures making viewing a bit of an effort.
The film is accompanied by a cobbled-together music score from sourced film soundtrack recordings of varying quality.
Supplmental material includes a PeeWee Holmes and Ben Corbett western comedy short.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Buckaroo Kid (1926), black & white, 64 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
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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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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