Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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When Bearcat
Went Dry
(1919)
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This B-studio rural feature film, directed by Ollie L. Sellers, stars Vangie Valentine, Bernard Dunning and Walt Whitman with Winter Hall, Ed Brady, M.K. Wilson and, in a small role, Lon Chaney.
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2016 DVD edition
When Bearcat Went Dry (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 108, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print (perhaps even a VHS videotape copy from 16mm). We have not yet reviewed this disc but, then again, we can’t spend the money the publisher is demanding for this DVD-R disc that is shipped in the cheapest CD case available with no packaging artwork (label artwork does not count, Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises) just to verify that it is a crappy, ripoff disc.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Take a look at the still frame provided by the publisher. Would you spend $45.00 for a disc that looks like that? Would you be happy?
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
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