Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Capital
Punishment
(1925)
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This Schulberg drama, directed by James P. Hogan, features Elliott Dexter, George Hackathorne, Clara Bow, Margaret Livingston, Robert Ellis, Mary Carr, Fred Warren and Wade Boteler.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Capital Punishment (1925), 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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
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 music sources.
Not a great presentation but this is the only home video edition of the film we know of.
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Prowlin’ Productions
2004 DVD edition
A Double Dose of . . . Clara Bow, Volume 1 (1925-1926), black & white, 124 minutes total, not rated, including Capital Punishment (1925), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Mantrap (1926), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated.
Prowlin’ Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 1-74135-72004-0.
One single-sided, dual-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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 4 / additional content: 1 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a VHS videotape copy prepared from a 16mm reduction print. A digital “PD” watermark appears in the lower right-hand corner of the picture to discourage video piracy. Why bother to protect such a worthless transfer?
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on an analog home organ.
Supplemental material includes a nearly worthless Clara Bow filmography.
Not a great presentation and not worth pursuing this out-of-print item.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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Other silent era CLARA BOW films available on home video.
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