Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Flying Fool
(1925)
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This aviation drama features stunt flyer Richard Grace (Dick Grace), with support from Wanda Hawley, Gaston Glass, Eddie Harris and Dick Sutherland.
The film may, unfortunately, only survive in an abridged Kodascope home collector reduction print.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Flying Fool (1925), black & white, 39 minutes, not rated,
with Peggy in a Pinch (1925), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10627-9.
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; $16.95.
Release date: 17 January 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been remastered from an abridged 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
The Flying Fool (1925), black & white, 39 minutes, not rated, with The Cloud Patrol (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7204D, UPC 0-89218-72049-8.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 29 October 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from an abridged 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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Other AVIATION FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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