Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Eve’s Leaves
(1926)
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This romantic comedy-drama, directed by Paul Sloane, stars Leatrice Joy and William Boyd, with Robert Edeson, Walter Long, Richard Carle, Arthur Hoyt and Sojin Kamiyama.
Joy and Boyd turn in likeable performances. To the production’s credit, Chinese characters are portrayed by Asian actors with the sole exception of main villain Walter Long.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Eve’s Leaves (1926), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10474-9.
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 6.2 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; 18 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $12.95).
Release date: 13 January 2012.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 7 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 8mm reduction print of (what may be) a rerelease version. Dust, speckling, schmutz, exposure variations, emulsion scuffing, mild frame jitters, and other print flaws abound. Digital video glitches flash in and out from time to time. Occasionally, a “Grapevine Video” watermark appears in the lower-right corner of the picture to discourage video pirates (really?). Watchable but there has to be better print materials than this available.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by David Knudtson. A welcome change from Grapevine’s usual low-fidelity soundtracks.
Recommended as this is the only home video edition of the film we are aware of.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Eve’s Leaves (1926), black & white, 75 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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