Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Red Signals
(1927)
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This low-budget railroad film was directed by J.P. McGowan and features Wallace MacDonald, Earle Williams and Eva Novak.
Interestingly, a character in the film references real-life animal film star Snooky the chimp.
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 Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition
Red Signals (1927), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with Ladies’ Pet (1920), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10542-5.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 29 March 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Even sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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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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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Encore Home Video
2003 DVD edition
Red Signals (1927), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Encore Home Video, D 118, 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 4.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 256 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $18.88.
Release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score of preexisting recordings.
Unfortunately, this edition is now out-of-print.
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ENCORE HOME VIDEO has discontinued business
and this DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
Red Signals (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with One Hundred Years of Railroad Development (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7507D, UPC 0-89218-75079-2.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 28 October 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print..
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
Sight unseen, this is not our recommended home video edition of the film.
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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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This
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Other silent era J.P. McGOWAN films available on home video.
Other RAILROAD FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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