Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Cinderella
Cinders
(1920)
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This short comedy stars Alice Howell, with Dick Smith, Rose Burkhardt, Mattie Fitzgerald and Leo Sulky.
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 Undercrank Productions
2019 DVD edition
The Alice Howell Collection (1914-1925), black & white, 217 minutes total, not rated, including Cinderella Cinders (1920), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated.
Undercrank Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 6-47213-97019-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs (two 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 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $24.98.
Release date: 5 March 2019.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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This DVD-R collection has been mastered from a high-definition scan of a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting music sources.
Not a great presentation but this is the best home video edition of the film we know of.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
UNDERCRANK PRODUCTIONS through . . .
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 All Day Entertainment
2008 DVD edition
American Slapstick, Volume 2 (1915-1937), black & white, 440 minutes total, not rated, including Cinderella Cinders (1920), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by Facets Video,
DV96585, UPC 7-36899-11822-8, ISBN 1-56580-777-4.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 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 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 16-page insert booklet; standard three-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 22 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 6 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with musical accompaniment.
Supplementary material includes a 16-page insert booklet with information by Steve Massa about the performers represented in the collection.
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ALL DAY ENTERTAINMENT has discontinued disc sales
and this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Marathon, Volume 6 (1916-1929), black & white, 165 minutes total, not rated, including Cinderella Cinders (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7814D, UPC 0-89218-78149-9.
One single-sided, dual-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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 21 June 2016.
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 recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Cinderella Cinders (1920), black & white, 16 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
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.
Seems overpriced for a single short film, don’t you think?
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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