Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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and the Silent Era Company.
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The Average
Woman
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This romantic drama features Pauline Garon and Harrison Ford.
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
The Average Woman (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Smith’s Picnic (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7776D, UPC 0-89218-77769-0.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $6.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 12 April 2016.
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 music recordings.
Supplemental material includes a Raymond McKee comedy short.
Somewhat reluctantly, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Unknown Video
2008 DVD edition
The Average Woman (1924), color-toned black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Sea Lion (1921), color-toned black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Unknown Video, 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; $18.95 (raised to $19.95).
Release date: 1 August 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from an original 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with musical accompaniment performed on piano by David Drazin.
If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.
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UNKNOWN VIDEO has discontinued business and this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Silent Gems Collection
2016 DVD edition
The Average Woman (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 10, 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 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, as can be discerned from the publisher-provided still frame above. It is likely that throughout the presentation a faint “SHF-E” watermark appears in the lower right-hand corner of the picture to discourage pirating; as this edition was likely pirated from some other home video edition or from some Internet streaming source, we find this to be ludicrous.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
We vehemently criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible. Would you really pay $45.00 for a disc without a DVD case, artwork and (possibly) music? Look closely at the product description — no returns.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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