Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Transcontinental
Limited
(1926)
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Johnnie Walker stars in this railroad drama with Eugenia Gilbert and Alec B. Francis.
Don’t worry, it all works out in the end.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Transcontinental Limited (1926), black & white, 67 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: May 2012.
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 a new music score by David Knudtson, likely performed on the Miditzer virtual theater organ (computer-based) system.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
Transcontinental Limited (1926), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP7413D, UPC 0-89218-74139-4.
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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 24 June 2014.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 4 / additional content: 0 / overall: 4.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print that is quite worn. In addition, there is the occasional dust, speckling, frame jitters, timing marks, and other print flaws. The video transfer allows highlights to be totally blasted-out to indistinguishable white.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting LP recordings, pops and crackles intact.
Not recommended. We suspect that the Grapevine Video edition noted above will deliver a better picture and will certainly have better musical accompaniment.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other RAILROAD FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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