Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Casey at
the Bat
(1927)
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This baseball comedy, directed by Monte Brice, stars Wallace Beery and Ford Sterling, with ZaSu Pitts, Sterling Holloway, Spec O’Donnell, Iris Stuart, Sydney Jarvis, Lotus Thompson and Rosalind Byrne.
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 Grapevine Video
2016 Blu-ray Disc edition
Casey at the Bat (1927), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 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; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 28 April 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been scanned at 2K high-definition from what may be a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by David Knudtson.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2016 DVD edition
Casey at the Bat (1927), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10648-4.
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; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 28 April 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This remastered DVD-R edition has been scanned at 2K high-definition from what may be a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by David Knudtson.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Casey at the Bat (1927), black & white, 68 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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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
Casey at the Bat (1927), black & white, 68 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10648-4.
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; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 19 April 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by David Knudtson.
This home video edition is now out-of-print and has been replaced by Grapevine Video’s updated editions noted above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other BASEBALL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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