Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Lights of
New York
(1928)
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This early sound film, the first all-talking feature film production, was directed by Bryan Foy, and stars Helene Costello and Cullen Landis, with Gladys Brockwell, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2018 DVD edition
Lights of New York (1928), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-88574-65168-8.
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; $19.95 (raised to $21.99).
Release date: 17 April 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has mastered from archival 35mm print materials.
The film is accompanied by its original Vitaphone synchronized soundtrack.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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 Sinister Cinema
2024 DVD edition
Lights of New York (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, M657, 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; $12.95.
Release date: 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by its original Vitaphone synchronized soundtrack.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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