Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Campus Knights
(1929)
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This B-studio comedy stars Raymond McKee in a dual role as a meek college professor and his outgoing twin brother. McKee is supported by Shirley Palmer, Marie Quillen, J.C. Fowler and Leo White.
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 Looser Than Loose
2009 DVD edition
Campus Knights (1929), black & white, 56 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, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a conflation of a Videobrary VHS videotape edition (reels 1 and 3) and a very-good 16mm reduction print (the other four reels).
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on Korg MIDI synthesizer by Jeff Rapsis.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Campus Knights (1929), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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