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A Festival of
Silent Comedy
Volume 1
(1914-1929)

Contents: Caught in the Rain (1914), Sold at Auction! (1923), April Fool (1924), Smithy (1924), War Feathers (1926) and Reckless Rosie (1929).

Reelclassicdvd.com
2004 DVD edition

A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume 1 (1914-1929), black & white, 109 minutes total, not rated, including Caught in the Rain (1914), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Sold at Auction! (1923), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, April Fool (1924), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, Smithy (1924), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, War Feathers (1926), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, and Reckless Rosie (1929), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.

Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-87612-2.
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 7.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.00.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 7 / additional content: 6 / overall: 6.

This DVD-R collection has been mastered from 16mm reduction prints. The slightly windowboxed, natural-speed video transfer is slightly rotated counter-clockwise and a bit on the dark side.

The films are presented with music scores performed on piano and synthesizer by Ben Model. One of the highlights of the presentations are the music scores.

For our comparative reviews of some the individual films, see our April Fool on home video, Caught in the Rain on home video, Reckless Rosie on home video, Smithy on home video and Sold at Auction! on home video pages.

Not the best of presentations, due mainly to the subpar quality of the source prints. Be sure to take a look at our review pages before deciding to purchase this one.

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