Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Canadian
(1926)
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This highly-regarded drama, directed by William Beaudine, stars Thomas Meighan and Mona Palma, with Wyndham Standing, Dale Fuller, Charles Winninger and Billy Butts.
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 Grapevine Video
2017 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Canadian (1926), black & white, 81 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 8 April 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition has been mastered from the Grapevine Video digital remaster prepared from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a virtual theater organ music score performed by David Knudtson.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2015 DVD edition
The Canadian (1926), black & white, 81 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10647-7.
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; $19.95.
Release date: 18 September 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been digitally remastered from a 16mm reduction print by Grapevine Video for improved video quality.
The film is accompanied by the same music score by David Knudtson as Grapevine’s earlier edition noted below.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Canadian (1926), black & white, 81 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: 19 April 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely to have been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score by David Knudtson.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Canadian (1926), black & white, 80 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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