Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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At the Ringside
(1921)
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This comedy short, directed by Charley Chase, stars Snub Pollard and Marie Mosquini, with Ernest Morrison, Noah Young and Sammy Brooks.
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Marathon, Volume 2 (1908-1927), black & white, 114 minutes total, not rated, including At the Ringside (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7259D, UPC 0-89218-72599-8.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 27 August 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from 16mm and/or 8mm reduction prints.
The films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting recordings.
We wouldn’t recommend this below-average disc but just a few of the films are available nowhere else on home video. Most of the films are available in better-looking editions elsewhere.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Looser Than Loose
200? DVD edition
A Looser Than Loose Sampler (1921-1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, including At the Ringside (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Looser Than Loose Vintage Entertainment,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 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 two-disc DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 200?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely to be accompanied by soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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