Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Phantom Flyer
(1928)
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This aviation drama features stunt pilot Al Wilson and Lillian Gilmore, with support from Buck Connors, Billy ‘Red’ Jones, Don Fuller, Myrtis Crinley, Mary Cornwallis and Larry Steers.
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
The Phantom Flyer (1928), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated, with Air Pockets (1924), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10049-9.
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 6.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 21 June 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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 Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition
The Phantom Flyer (1928), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7917D, UPC 0-89218-79179-5.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 7 March 2017.
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 compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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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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Other AVIATION FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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