Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Million Dollar
Mystery
(1927)
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This B-studio production from Trem Carr Productions was directed by Charles J. Hunt and features James Kirkwood, Lila Lee, Henry Sedley, Erin La Bissoniere, Elmer Dewey, Edward Gordon, John Elliott and Ralph Whiting.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Million Dollar Mystery (1927), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10664-4.
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; $14.95.
Release date: June 2014.
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 music score compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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 Alpha Video
2023 DVD edition
The Million Dollar Mystery (1927), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8514D, UPC 0-89218-85149-9.
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 ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $8.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 31 January 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition is likely to have been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The presentation is likely to be accompanied by a cobbled-together music score of preexisting musical recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Million Dollar Mystery (1927), black & white, 79 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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