Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Dinty
(1920)
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This comedy-drama, directed by Marshall Neilan and John McDermott, stars Wesley Barry, Colleen Moore, Tom Gallery, J. Barney Sherry, Marjorie Daw, Pat O’Malley, Noah Beery, Kate Price, Tom Wilson and Anna May Wong.
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 Grapevine Video
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
Dinty (1920), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with A Two-Cylinder Courtship (1917), black & white, 10 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; $19.95.
Release date: January 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered from a standard resolution scan of a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano by Ben Model.
Even sight unseen, this is our recommnded home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2020 DVD edition
Dinty (1920), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with A Two-Cylinder Courtship (1917), black & white, 10 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: January 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a standard resolution scan of a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano by Ben Model.
Even sight unseen, this is our recommnded DVD home video edition of the film.
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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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 Edward Lorusso
2018 DVD edition
Dinty (1920), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914), color-toned black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no 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 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 30 fps); MPEG 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $25.00.
Release date: 2018.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 7 / additional content: 6 / overall: 6.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered chiefly from a very-good 16mm reduction print with foreign language intertitles. The source print has a significant amount of dust, speckling, print splices, exposure fluctuations, processing flaws, emulsion scrapes and other damage. Missing footage in the main source print has been inserted with footage from another (overexposed) print with beginning nitrate decomposition. New video-based English intertitles replace the foreign-language intertitles of the main source print. Some digital image compression artifacts will only be seen by hawk-eyed video nerds.
The film is accompanied by an entertaining music score performed on piano by Ben Model.
This out-of-print edition was provided to Kickstarter backers after project completion (with, I believe, some copies sold on iOffer.com) and was later rereleased in the Grapevine Video editions noted above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2018 DVD edition
Dinty (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 184, 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); LPCM 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.95 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. Picture quality is indicated by this publisher-provided still frame.
The film is likely presented with a music score compiled from preexisting orchestral recordings.
It needs to be noted that on other video releases by Alex Staykov a faint “SHF-E” digital watermark appears in the lower right-hand corner of the picture to discourage pirating of this edition.
An extremely overpriced home video option given the value for the cost asked.
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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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Other silent era COLLEEN MOORE films available on home video.
Other silent era ANNA MAY WONG films available on home video.
Other ASIAN-THEMED FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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