Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Marriage Circle
(1924)
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This Ernst Lubitsch domestic comedy stars Monte Blue, Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou, Marie Prevost and Creighton Hale.
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 Flicker Alley
2015 DVD edition
The Marriage Circle (1924), color-toned black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, distributed by MovieZyng,
FA-MD3-001, UPC 8-89290-07676-2.
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; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 18 March 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition, produced by Film Preservation Associates, replaces their previous edition noted below. This high-quality edition has utilized a very-good to excellent 35mm print for the slightly windowboxed, natural-speed video transfer.
The presentation features excellent musical accompaniment compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall and performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
As this disc should be virtually identical to the Film Preservation Associates edition noted below, even sight unseen we recommend this home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from FLICKER ALLEY through . . .
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 Film Preservation Associates
2000 DVD edition
The Marriage Circle (1924), color-toned black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID9415DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-94152-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; 2-page insert sheet; snapper DVD case (reissued in standard DVD keepcase); $24.99.
Release date: 26 September 2000.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 0 / overall: 8.
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This high-quality DVD edition from video producer David Shepard has utilized a very-good to excellent 35mm print for the slightly windowboxed, natural-speed video transfer. Surprisingly, for such as early DVD release, the image quality is very-good to excellent. The source print has a moderate amount of dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, fine vertical scratches, frame jitters, exposure fluctuations, and other minor print flaws.
The presentation features excellent musical accompaniment compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall and performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
This edition is now out-of-print and has been replaced by the Flicker Alley edition noted above.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2021 DVD edition
The Marriage Circle (1924), color-toned black & white, 113 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8452D, UPC 0-89218-84529-0.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 12 October 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Naw. Sight unseen, it is unlikely this would be a recommended home video edition of the film.
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Other silent era ERNST LUBITSCH films available on home video.
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