Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Lure of the Circus
(1918-1919)
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This circus serial, directed by J.P. McGowan, stars Eddie Polo and Eileen Sedgwick, with Molly Malone, Harry Carter, Noble Johnson, Frederick Starr, Duke R. Lee and Charles Hill Mailes.
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 Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition
Hawk of the Hills (1927) [1929 feature version], black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Lure of the Circus (1918-1919) [feature version], black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10560-9.
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; $12.95.
Release date: 26 April 2013.
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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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Lure of the Circus (1918-1919) [feature version], black & white, 70 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 silent era J.P. McGOWAN films available on home video.
Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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