Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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His Master’s
Voice
(1925)
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This World War I drama, directed by Renaud Hoffman, stars Thunder the marvel dog, with George Hackathorne, Marjorie Daw, Mary Carr, Will Walling and Brooks Benedict.
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 Grapevine Video
200? DVD edition
His Master’s Voice (1925), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated, with Fangs of Vengeance (1926) [abridged], black & white, 14 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: 200?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Supplemental material includes an abridged feature film featuring Fearless the police dog.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
His Master’s Voice (1925), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated, with Unmasked (1917), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7772D, UPC 0-89218-77729-4.
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 to $8.98).
Release date: 1 March 2016.
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.
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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
His Master’s Voice (1925), black & white, 45 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; $14.99.
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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Other WORLD WAR I FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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