Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Married?
(1926)
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This crime drama, directed by Spencer G. Bennet, stars Junior Coghlan, George Duryea (Tom Keene), Tom Kennedy, Bert Woodruff, Virginia Bradford, Maurice Black and Jack Richardson.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
Married? (1926), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10662-0.
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; $14.95.
Release date: June 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction print materials. Grapevine Video notes that portions of the source print were rather dark. “. . . occasionally it is difficult to see the entire scene. Overall the dark segments are few and of short duration.”
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on virtual pipe organ by David Knudtson.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Married? (1926), black & white, 55 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; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other CRIME FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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