Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Isn’t Life
Wonderful
(1924)
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This D.W. Griffith production stars Carol Dempster and Neil Hamilton.
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 Flicker Alley
2015 DVD edition
Isn’t Life Wonderful (1924), black & white, 115 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, distributed by MovieZyng,
FA-MD3-025, UPC 8-89290-24733-9.
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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 7 September 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by the original 1924 score composed and compiled by Cesare Sodero and Louis Silvers, and arranged and performed by Robert Israel (piano) and Galina Golovin (violin).
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
Isn’t Life Wonderful (1924), black & white, 98 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 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: September 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of the rare D.W. Griffith film has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The presentation features a theatre organ music score by David Knutson.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Isn’t Life Wonderful (1924), black & white, 115 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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Other silent era D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.
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