Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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An Orphan
(1929)
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This comedy-drama, directed by Huimin Zhang, stars Suxin Wu and Huimin Zhang, with Langen Han, Xiao-Tian Sheng, Lixia Shen and Honghong Li.
Part marital comedy, part personal tragedy, part gangster film; this unusual drama of a young orphaned woman’s trek through life doesn’t quite land on solid ground.
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 Unidentified Publisher
200? DVD edition
An Orphan (1929), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Unidentified publisher,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; Chinese and English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 200?.
Country of origin: Hong Kong
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This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a fair 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
An Orphan (1929), black & white, 76 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: 202?.
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 CHINESE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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