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                |  Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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                | The Village Sleuth(1920)
 |  This comedy-drama, directed by Jerome Storm, stars Charles Ray and Winifred Westover, with Dick Rush, Donald MacDonald, George F. Hernandez, Betty Schade and Lew Morrison. | 
        
          |  Edward Lorusso 2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
 The Village Sleuth (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Jean Rescues (1911), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no 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; $30.00.
 Release date: November 2024.
 Country of origin: USA
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          | This BD-R edition, originally a Kickstarter crowd-funded project, has been scanned at 2K high-resolution by the Library of Congress from archival print materials. The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin. Supplemental material includes a 1911 Vitagraph short starring Florence Turner. This is our recommended home video edition of the film. 
              
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                | This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition has been discontinued and is . . .
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          | Other silent era CHARLES RAY films available on home video. |