Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
Risky Business
(1926)
|
This society drama, directed by Alan Hale, stars Vera Reynolds and ZaSu Pitts, with Ethel Clayton, Kenneth Thompson, Ward Crane and Louis Natheaux.
|
 Grapevine Video
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
Risky Business (1926), black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: April 2018.
Country of origin: USA
|
|
This BD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
|
|
This
Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
|
|
|
 Grapevine Video
2018 DVD edition
Risky Business (1926), black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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; $14.95.
Release date: April 2018.
Country of origin: USA
|
|
This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
|
|
This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
|
|
|
 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
Risky Business (1926), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7309D, UPC 0-89218-73099-2.
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 mono 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: 25 February 2014.
Country of origin: USA
|
|
This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
|
This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
|
|
|
|
