Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Golden Rule
Kate
(1917)
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This western feature, directed by Reginald Barker, stars Louise Glaum and William Conklin, with Jack Richardson, Mildred Harris, J.P. Lockney, Gertrude Claire, H. Milton Ross and John Gilbert as a skinny, rambunctious young cowboy.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Golden Rule Kate (1917), black & white, 50 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; $11.99.
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.
For now, 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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 Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition
Wild Horse Canyon (1938), black & white, 49 minutes, not rated, with Golden Rule Kate (1917) [abridged], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6689D, UPC 0-89218-66899-8.
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 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 29 November 2011.
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 fair to good 8mm reduction print that is coarse in image detail, and substantially marked with scratches, dust, speckling, frame jitters and other print flaws. Note that this is not a full presentation of the film.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fi music recordings.
Even the main feature looks crappy in this poorly-produced disc.
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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.
Other silent era JOHN GILBERT films available on home video.
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