Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Prairie
Pirate
(1925)
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This western drama, directed by Edmund Mortimer, stars Harry Carey and Jean Dumas, with Lloyd Whitlock, Trilby Clark, Robert Edeson, Tote Du Crow, Evelyn Selbie and Fred Kohler.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
The Prairie Pirate (1925), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Alice the Jailbird (1925), black & white, 8 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10505-0.
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: July 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Supplemental material includes a Disney Alice cartoon.
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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 Sinister Cinema
201? DVD edition
Western Collections, Harry Carey, Volume 2 (1925-1936), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including The Prairie Pirate (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Border Devils (1932), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Last of the Clintons (1935), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Ghost Town (1936), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, BC72, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc (two DVDs in the set); 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 two-disc DVD keepcase; $9.95.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has 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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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
The Prairie Pirate (1925), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6822D, UPC 0-89218-68229-1.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 31 July 2012.
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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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