Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Flying Fool
(1929)
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This early sound film aviation drama, directed by Tay Garnett, features William Boyd and Marie Prevost, with Tom O’Brien, Russell Gleason, Kate Bruce, Dan Wolheim and Dorothy Ward.
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 Grapevine Video
2006 DVD edition
The Flying Fool (1929), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated,
with Air Maniacs (1933), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $11.95 (reduced to $9.95).
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been remastered from an abridged 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2010 DVD edition
The Flying Fool (1929), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6405D, UPC 0-89218-64059-8.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $6.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 27 July 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from an abridged 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other AVIATION FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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