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Fortune Teller
(1923)

Grapevine Video
2008 DVD edition

Soul of the Beast (1923), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with Fortune Teller (1923), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10332-2.
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; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2008.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 5 / additional content: 4 / overall: 5.

This DVD-R edition of Fortune Teller (1923) has been transferred from a very-good but worn 16mm reduction print. The slightly windowboxed video transfer will appear to be full-frame on most television monitors.

The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano.

Not bad, this edition is recommended until a higher-quality home video edition comes along.

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