Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Cake Eater
(1924)
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This short comedy, directed by Jay A. Howe, stars Will Rogers and Marie Mosquini, with Joe Bordeaux, Billy Engle, Al Forbes, Patsy O’Byrne and Grace Woods.
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 Reel Classic DVD
2022 DVD edition
Why Worry? (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Cake Eater (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reel Classic DVD, no catalog number, UPC 7-62185-05392-8.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 16 December 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by John Muccil.
For our notes on the other films in this edition, see our Why Worry? on home video page.
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
REEL CLASSIC DVD through . . .
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 Alpha Video
2018 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Marathon, Volume 9 (1915-1928), black & white, 130 minutes total, not rated, including The Cake Eater (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8078D, UPC 0-89218-80789-2.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 15 May 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm and/or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For our notes on the other films in this collection, see our Silent Comedy Marathon, Volume 9 on home video page.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era WILL ROGERS films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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