Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Habit of
Happiness
(1916)
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Douglas Fairbanks stars in this Fine Arts production, which has survived in an incomplete print.
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 Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
The Habit of Happiness (1916), black & white, 37 minutes, not rated, with Manhattan Madness (1916), black & white, 31 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10273-8.
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; 4 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: April 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of this five-reel film has been mastered from an incomplete 16mm reduction print, which is flat and grey. The analog video transfer is without much picture detail.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting 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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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Habit of Happiness (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no 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; $19.99.
Release date: 202?
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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Other silent era DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS films available on home video.
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Douglas Fairbanks filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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