Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Captain Fracasse
(1929)
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This late French historical drama, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Henry Wulschleger, and featuring Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers and Charles Boyer, with Daniel Mendaille, Pola Illéry, Marie-Thérèse Vincent and Odette Josylla.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2002 DVD edition
Captain Fracasse (1929), color-tinted black & white, and black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1856DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-18562-1.
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 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 16 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 26 November 2002.
Country of origin: USA •
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This DVD edition has been digitally mastered from an excellent 35mm print. The edition has been produced for home video by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange of Lobster Films, with the USA DVD produced by David Shepard.
The presentation features two optional musical accompaniments: a contemporary jazz score by clarinetist Michel Portal, and period French piano music performed by Neal Kurz. Our preference is for the piano score.
This out-of-print DVD is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2026 DVD edition
Captain Fracasse (1929), black & white, 92 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics, no catalog number, 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; French language intertitles, optional? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 10 January 2026.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print or pirated from another home video edition.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions or pirating television network recordings to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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