Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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My Kid
(1926)
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This comedy short, directed by Charles Lamont, stars Malcolm ‘Big Boy’ Sebastian, with Jack McHugh, Birdie Fogle, Henry Murdock, Henry Mayer and Pal the dog.
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 Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition
Big Boy in 6 Rare Shorts (1925-1927), black & white, 96 minutes total, not rated, including My Kid (1926), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown 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; $16.95.
Release date: August 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 6mm reduction print.
Four of the films in this collection are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by David Knudtson.
For information about other films in this collection, see our Big Boy in 6 Rare Shorts on home video page.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R collection is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
Big Boy Comedies (1925-1927), black & white, 68 minutes total, not rated, including My Kid (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7313D, UPC 0-89218-73139-5.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 25 February 2014.
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.
For information about other films in this collection, see our Big Boy Comedies on home video page.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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