Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Wild Beauty
(1927)
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A wounded World War I veteran returns to the States, bringing with him a thoroughbred horse from France to his home in California. Rex the King of the Wild Horses stars.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
Wild Beauty (1927), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Strictly Modern (1922), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown 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 ? 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 subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: September 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print that has a broad range of balanced greytones and very-good image detail.
The film is accompanied by an orchestral music score cobbled together from 1930s film soundtracks.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2025 DVD edition
Wild Beauty (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8681D, UPC 0-89218-86819-0.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 29 July 2025.
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 soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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