Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Hidden Aces
(1927)
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This crime drama, directed by Howard Mitchell, features action star Charles Hutchison with Alice Calhoun, Barbara Tennant, Paul Weigel and Harry Norcross.
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
The Prince of Pep (1925), black & white, 29 minutes, not rated, Hidden Aces (1927), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7816D, UPC 0-89218-78169-7
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 3.4 Mbps average video bit rate, 384 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 21 June 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print that is dark and coarse in picture details.
The film is presented with a music score compiled from preexisting recordings (mainly dusty, crackling LPs) that isn’t always appropriate to the film’s action.
Far from an ideal presentation, this is the only home video edition of the film we are aware of.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Hidden Aces (1927), black & white, 62 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; $19.99.
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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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