Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Gold Bug
(1924)
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This comedy short, directed by Herman C. Raymaker, stars Monty Banks and Ena Gregory, with William Blaisdell and Merta Sterling.
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Grapevine Video
2018 DVD edition
The Films of Monte Banks (1923-1924), black & white, 92 minutes total, not rated, including The Golf Bug (1924) black & white, ? 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 5 October 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm 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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2002 DVD edition
The Films of Monty Banks (1923-1924), black & white, 92 minutes total, not rated, including The Golf Bug (1924) black & white, ? 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 2002.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection of the Monty Banks comedy Wedding Bells (1924) is likely to be identical to the presentation reviewed here.
All of the films have been transferred from 35mm nitrate prints.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2003 DVD edition
A Woman of the World (1925), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with The Golf Bug (1924), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10063-5.
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; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print that is dark in its shadows and somewhat cropped on all sides of the frame.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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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Other silent era POLA NEGRI films available on home video.
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