Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Broken Hearts
of Broadway
(1923)
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 Unknown Video
2004 DVD edition
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated, with Hot Sands (1924), black & white, 15 minutes, not rated.
Unknown Video, no catalog number, UPC 7-01399-00243-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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 3.7 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 4 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $18.95 (raised to $19.95).
Release date: 22 November 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of Broken Hearts of Broadway has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print from the Blackhawk Films collection.
The presentation features an electric organ musical accompaniment performed by Bob Vaughn.
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UNKNOWN VIDEO has discontinued business and this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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; $12.95 (raised to $14.95).
Release date: August 2010.
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 soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7374D, UPC 0-89218-73749-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 29 April 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 soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Sunrise Silents
2005 DVD edition
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Mystery of the Double Cross [chapter 2: “The Masked Stranger”] (1917), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Making a Living (1914), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Felix in Hollywood (1923), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sunrise Silents,
BHCM-N (NTSC) and BHCM-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 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; $21.95.
Release date: July? 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition from Sunrise Silents has likely been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on MIDI-based synthesizer.
If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.
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SUNRISE SILENTS has discontinued business and this edition is . . .
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Other silent era COLLEEN MOORE films available on home video.
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