Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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’Twas Henry’s
Fault
(1919)
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This one-reel comedy, directed by Scott Sidney, stars Elinor Fields and Harry Depp.
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
The Social Secretary (1916), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated, with ’Twas Henry’s Fault (1919), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6696D, UPC 0-89218-66969-8.
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; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 3 January 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a fair to good 8mm reduction print. The video transfer is contrasty, with plugged-up shadows and blasted out highlights.
The film is not accompanied by any kind of music score.
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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