Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2026 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
Roman Candles
(1920)
|
This comedy-drama feature, directed by Jack Pratt, stars J. Frank Glendon and Phalba Morgan, with Edward Kimball, Hector V. Sarno, Sidney D’Albrook, Jack Pratt and Bill Conant.
|
 Grapevine Video
200? DVD edition
Roman Candles (1920), color-tinted black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Her First Flame (1920), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10053-6.
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: 200?.
Country of origin: USA
|
|
This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
|
|
|
This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
|
|
|
 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Roman Candles (1920), black & white, 59 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
|
|
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.
|
|
|
This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
|
|
|
|
|
