Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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A Pair of
Silk Stockings
(1918)
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This feature comedy, directed by Walter Edwards, stars Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford, with Wanda Hawley, Vera Doria and Florence Carpenter.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), color-toned black & white, 50 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10642-2.
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; $16.95.
Release date: March 2014
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with a music score performed by David Knudtson.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), color-toned black & white, 43 minutes, not rated, with Off Again (1927), color-toned black & white, 8 minutes, not rated, and Then Came the Yawn (1934), black & white, 5 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7473D, UPC 0-89218-74739-6.
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 3.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 30 September 2014
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 4 / additional content: 5 / overall: 4.
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This budget DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print that appears to have been sourced from a VHS videotape, as the picture details are blurry. On the plus side, shadow details remain open instead of the dark, featureless shadows that are common in most video transfers from 16mm prints.
The film is presented with a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
Not a great disc but a watchable one.
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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
A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics, no catalog number, no 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 recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era CONSTANCE TALMADGE films available on home video.
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