Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Speedway
(1929)
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This MGM action drama stars William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence and Karl Dane.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2009 DVD edition
Speedway (1929), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-19925-1.
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; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 18 August 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition is as originally prepared for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.
The film is accompanied by the film’s original 1929 synchronized music and sound effects soundtrack.
This is the only known home video edition of the film that we are aware of.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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 Sinister Cinema
202? DVD edition
Speedway (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Desert Nights (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, AA157, 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; $12.95.
Release date: 202?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era WILLIAM HAINES films available on home video.
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