Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Gun Woman
(1918)
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This Triangle studio western film was directed by Frank Borzage and stars Texas Guinan, Francis McDonald, Edward Brady, Walter Perkins, Thornton Edwards and George Chase.
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The Stampede (1921), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated, with The Gun Woman (1918), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7711D, UPC 0-89218-77119-3.
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 3.3 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 foreign language subtitles; 7 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 6 October 2015.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an old analog video transfer from a fair to good 16mm reduction print. The picture highlights in this transfer are often blasted out to a featureless white and shadow details are lost in a muddy black and picture details are quite blurry.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
There is an unconfirmed chance that the edition noted below may be of better visual quality.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Fatkat Enterprises
201? DVD edition
Texas Guinan Silent Westerns (1918-1921), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including The Gun Woman (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Fatkat Enterprises, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc (two DVDs in the set); 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; $17.50.
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 films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting recordings.
The video edition producer has since expanded this release into a three-disc home video edition which is available on eBay, and sale benefits the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. This producer from Stayton, Oregon, has released DVD-R editions under the company names FatKat Enterprises and Rare Silent Films.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era TEXAS GUINAN films available on home video.
Other silent era FRANK BORZAGE films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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