Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Wine of
Youth
(1924)
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This Metro-Goldwyn comedy-drama, directed by King Vidor, stars Eleanor Boardman, Ben Lyon and William Haines, with William Collier Jr., Pauline Garon, Eulalie Jensen, E.J. Ratcliffe, Gertrude Claire and Robert Agnew.
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 Alpha Video
2020 DVD edition
Wine of Youth (1924), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP8349D, UPC 0-89218-83499-7.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 25 August 2020.
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 music score compiled from preexisting music sources.
Probably not a great presentation.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2019 DVD edition
Wine of Youth (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 202, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD+R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $32.99 (raised to $41.99).
Release date: 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD+R edition appears to have been mastered from a VHS videotape copy of a video transfer from unknown gauge print materials. The publisher-provided still frame above shows the low-quality characteristics of VHS: the smeary picture details and the over-emphasized edge sharpening.
We think that this bare bones DVD+R edition is indefensibly overpriced for its low quality. If you want to settle for a substandard home video edition, you may as well save some money and gamble on the Alpha Video edition noted above . . . at least it comes in a DVD case.
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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 KING VIDOR films available on home video.
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