Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Seven Years’
Bad Luck
(1921)
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 Kino Classics
2014 DVD edition
The Max Linder Collection (1917-1922), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 205 minutes total, not rated, including Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), color-tinted black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K1303, UPC 7-38329-13032-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 5.0 surround sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 27 May 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris.
This presentation features musical accompaniment arranged and composed by Maud Nelissen.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2003 DVD edition
Laugh with Max Linder (1912-1921), color-toned black & white, 117 minutes total, not rated, including Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0508DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05082-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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 5.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 23 September 2003.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 9 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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Video producer David Shepard has released this DVD collection of Max Linder comedies including a complete presentation of Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), the French shorts Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912), Love’s Surprises (1913), Max Takes a Picture (1913) and Max Sets the Style (1914), and exerpts from Be My Wife (1921).
The disc features an ensemble musical accompaniment arranged, composed and conducted by Robert Israel, and performed on period instruments.
This is our recommended home video edition of Seven Years’ Bad Luck.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition
Max Linder Comedies (1921-1922), black & white, 88 minutes total, not rated, including Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10408-4.
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), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 30 September 2010.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 5 / additional content: 4 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print, which is reasonably broad range of greytones and image detail. The print slightly flickers with exposure fluctuations. The sound-speed video transfer is OK.
The film is accompanied by the synchronized orchestral music and sound effects soundtrack from the rerelease source print.
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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
Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), 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; $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 MAX LINDER films available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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