Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Buried Treasure
(1921)
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This adventure drama, directed by George D. Baker, stars Marion Davies and Norman Kerry, with Anders Randolf, Edith Shayne and Earl Schenck.
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 Grapevine Video
2019 Blu-ray Disc edition
April Folly (1920), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated, with Buried Treasure (1921), black & white, 65 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; $24.95.
Release date: December 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm print of the film held by the Library of Congress that is missing the last reel.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin and Edward Lorusso.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2019 DVD edition
April Folly (1920), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated, with Buried Treasure (1921), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine 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; $19.95.
Release date: December 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm print of the film held by the Library of Congress that is missing the last reel.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin and Edward Lorusso.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD 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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 Silent Gems Collection
2017 DVD edition
Buried Treasure (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 140, 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; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.95 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm or 16mm reduction print of the film that is missing the last reel (as might be surmised 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 do not recommend this over-priced, under-value edition. We vehemently criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other MARION DAVIES films available on home video.
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