Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The First Degree
(1923)
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This feature drama, directed by Edward Sedgwick, stars Frank Mayo and Sylvia Breamer, with Philo McCullough, George A. Williams, Harry Carter and F.F. Guenste.
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The First Degree (1923), black & white, 50 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99 (raised to $20.49).
Release date: 4 December 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
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.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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