Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Two Timid Souls
(1929)
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This comedy-drama, directed by René Clair, stars Pierre Batcheff and Jim Gérald, with Véra Flory, Maurice de Féraudy, Françoise Rosay and Yvette Andreyor.
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 Grapevine Video
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
Two Timid Souls (1929), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Feet of Mud (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $22.95.
Release date: June 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered at 2K high-definition likely from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by David Drazin.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film, but note the shorter running time than the Loving the Classics edition noted below.
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This Region 0 BD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2024 DVD edition
Two Timid Souls (1929), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Feet of Mud (1924), black & white, ? 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; $19.95.
Release date: June 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered at 2K high-definition likely from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by David Drazin.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film, but note the shorter running time than the Loving the Classics edition noted below.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Two Timid Souls (1929), black & white, 87 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; French language intertitles, permanent? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 28 April 2025.
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.
Note the longer advertised running time compared to the Grapevine editions noted above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era RENÉ CLAIR films available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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