Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Restless
Sex
(1920)
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This romantic drama, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, stars Marion Davies and Carlyle Blackwell, with Ralph Kellard, Charles Lane, Robert Vivian and Vivian Osborne.
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 Grapevine Video
2019 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Restless Sex (1920), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $21.95.
Release date: March 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered from 35mm print materials held by the Library of Congress. Dust, speckling, schmutz, emulsion scrapes and scuffing, static flashes, mild frame jitters, beginning nitrate decomposition, and other print flaws remain in the scan.
The film is accompanied by a fine music score composed and performed on piano and synthesizers by Donald Sosin.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition from Amazon.com. Purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition from Amazon.ca. Purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Grapevine Video
2019 DVD edition
The Restless Sex (1920), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44937-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 5.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 30 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: March 2019.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 8 / additional content: 0 / overall: 8.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from 35mm print materials held by the Library of Congress. Dust, speckling, schmutz, emulsion scrapes and scuffing, static flashes, mild frame jitters, beginning nitrate decomposition, and other print flaws remain in the scan. The DVD appears to be encoded in such a way that the picture cannot be upscaled on a high-definition viewing system and the hard and fast standard definition picture shows in image diagonals and in intertitles type.
The film is accompanied by a fine music score composed and performed on piano and synthesizers by Donald Sosin.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
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 Edward Lorusso
2015 DVD edition
The Restless Sex (1920), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no 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; $25.00.
Release date: 6 July 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from archival print materials held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano and synthesizers by Donald Sosin.
This Kickstarter-financed edition is now out-of-print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other MARION DAVIES films available on home video.
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