Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Golden Rule
Kate
(1917)
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This western feature, directed by Reginald Barker, stars Louise Glaum and William Conklin, with Jack Richardson, Mildred Harris, J.P. Lockney, Gertrude Claire, H. Milton Ross and John Gilbert as a skinny, rambunctious young cowboy.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Golden Rule Kate (1917), 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; $11.99 (raised to $12.49).
Release date: 201?.
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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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition
Wild Horse Canyon (1938), black & white, 49 minutes, not rated, with Golden Rule Kate (1917) [abridged], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6689D, UPC 0-89218-66899-8.
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 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 29 November 2011.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a fair to good 8mm reduction print that is coarse in image detail, and substantially marked with scratches, dust, speckling, frame jitters and other print flaws. Note that this is not a full presentation of the film.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fidelity music recordings.
Even the main feature looks crappy in this poorly-produced disc.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other silent era JOHN GILBERT films available on home video.
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