Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Bare Knees
(1928)
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Bare knees? How scandalous! This flapper comedy-drama stars Virginia Lee Corbin, Donald Keith and Johnnie Walker.
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 Grapevine Video
2006 DVD edition
Bare Knees (1928), color-tinted black & white, 61 minutes, not rated, with Danger Ahead (1926), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10018-5.
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, PCM 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $17.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from the only known-to-survive 35mm print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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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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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Bare Knees (1928), black & white, 61 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.
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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Other silent era VIRGINIA LEE CORBIN films available on home video:
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917)
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