Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Why Girls Say
No
(1927)
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This Hal Roach comedy, directed by Leo McCarey, stars Marjorie Daw and Creighton Hale, with Max Davidson, Ann Brody, Spec O’Donnell, Oliver Hardy, Jesse De Vorska and Noah Young.
The cake-cutting scene is hilarious.
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 Edition Filmmuseum
2011 DVD edition
Max Davidson Comedies (1927-1931), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Why Girls Say No (1927), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated.
Edition Filmmuseum, 58, unknown UPC/EAN number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD discs (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 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional German language subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); 24-page insert booklet; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; €29,95.
Release date: March 2011 (second edition, September 2011).
Country of origin: Germany •
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This PAL DVD edition has been produced by Filmmuseum München under the supervision of Stefan Drössler. The source material is an excellent but incomplete 35mm duplicate print, with some footage inserted from a very-good 16mm duplicate reduction negative. The picture is generally excellent with light dust and speckling, some emulsion scrapes and scuffing, and other minor flaws.
The film is presented with an improvised music score performed by Joachim Bärenz and Christian Roderburg.
We enthusiastically recommend this home video edition of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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This Region 0 PAL DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Reelclassicdvd.com
200? DVD edition
A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume Four (1919-1927), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Why Girls Say No (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-87732-7.
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; $19.95.
Release date: 200?.
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 Ben Model.
Not recommended sight unseen.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from Reelclassicdvd.com through . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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