Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Barbara Frietchie
(1924)
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This historical drama stars Florence Vidor, Edmund Lowe and Emmett King.
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
Barbara Frietchie (1924), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-80997-3.
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; $16.95.
Release date: September 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been likely mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a theatre organ music score performed by Blaine Gale.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
Barbara Frietchie (1924), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6760D, UPC 0-89218-67609-2.
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: 17 April 2012.
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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 TeleVista
2009 DVD edition
Barbara Frietchie (1924), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated.
TeleVista, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-80997-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; $19.95.
Release date: 28 April 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
TELEVISTA through . . .
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Other AMERICANA FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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