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Wedding Bells
(1924)
on

2002 Grapevine Video edition

The Films of Monty Banks (1923-1924), black & white, 92 minutes total, not rated, with Wedding Bells (1924), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, and The Covered Schooner (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Pay or Move (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Golf Bug (1924) black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, 224 kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $19.95.
DVD release date: 2002.
Country of origin: USA

This edition of the Monty Banks comedy is likely to be identical to the presentation reviewed below. All of the films have been transferred from 35mm nitrate prints.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.

2003 Grapevine Video edition

Wedding Bells (1924), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, with Are Parents People? (1925), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, 5.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $16.95.
DVD release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 6.

This edition of the Monty Banks comedy has been transferred from what appears to be a very-good 35mm nitrate print.

The film is accompanied by a collection of 1930s jazz recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.

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