Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Young Oldfield
(1924)
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This short comedy, directed by Leo McCarey, stars Charley Chase and Marie Mosquini, with Joe Cobb, Willie Marks, Emma Tansey, Noah Young and Barney Oldfield.
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 All Day Entertainment
2009 DVD edition
Becoming Charley Chase (1915-1926), black & white and color-toned black & white, 460 minutes total, not rated, including Young Oldfield (1924), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by VCI Entertainment,
8562, UPC 0-89859-85622-8, ISBN 1-55739-587-X.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (four DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard four-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 28 July 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from 16mm and 8mm reduction prints, which are occasionally poor to generally very-good in quality, with a few exceptions at both extremes.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Ben Model, Maurice Saylor and the Snark Ensemble, Andrew Earle Simpson, Redwine Jazz, and the West End Jazz Band.
For information about other films in this collection, see our Becoming Charley Chase on home video page.
Highly recommended but hard-to-find these days, even as a used item.
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ALL DAY ENTERTAINMENT has discontinued disc sales
and this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
Charley Chase: Jimmy Jump Series (1924-1925), black & white, 96 minutes total, not rated, including Young Oldfield (1924), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10093-1.
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 4.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 256 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95.
Release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from 16mm reduction prints of varying quality from good to very-good. The older video transfers often lose picture detail to contrastiness, with burnt-out highlights resulting in lost facial details to closed-up shadows.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fidelity music recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Looser Than Loose
201? DVD edition
Roach, Volume 1 (1922-1926), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Young Oldfield (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Looser Than Loose Vintage Entertainment,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc (four DVDs in the set); 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 four-disc DVD keepcase; $29.99.
Release date: 201?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm and/or 9.5mm and/or 8mm reduction print and/or a VHS videotape.
The films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For information about other films in this collection, see our Roach, Volume 1 on home video page.
Note that some international customers have experienced long delays in the shipping of their orders and are being charged very high unannounced shipping costs.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
The Law and the Outlaw (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Young Oldfield (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6880D, UPC 0-89218-68809-5.
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; $6.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 27 November 2012.
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.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era CHARLEY CHASE films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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