Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Crackerjack
(1925)
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This feature-length comedy directed by Charles Hines stars Johnny Hines and Sigrid Holmquist, with support from Henry West, Bradley Barker and J. Barney Sherry.
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 Undercrank Productions
2013 DVD edition
The Crackerjack (1925), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Undercrank Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 8-85444-17297-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 12 February 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print, which is a little worn and missing fragments of footage. New digital intertitles replace those missing from the source print.
The film is presented with a music score performed on digital piano by Ben Model.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
UNDERCRANK PRODUCTIONS through . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
The Crackerjack (1925), black & white, 68 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10287-5.
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; $14.95.
Release date: 25 October 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print. Reel two of the original source print was in active decomposition when it was duplicated.
The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2021 DVD edition
The Crackerjack (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with It’s a Bear (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8400D, UPC 0-89218-84009-7.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 9 March 2021.
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 Joe Rock comedy short.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era JOHNNY HINES films available on home video.
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