Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Cohen
Saves the Flag
(1913)
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This early Keystone comedy stars Ford Sterling and Mabel Normand.
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 Classic Video Streams
2010 DVD edition
The Actors: Rare Films of Mabel Normand, Volume 3 (1913-1923), black & white, 144 minutes total, not rated, including Cohen Saves the Flag (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World’s Fair at San Francisco, Cal. (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, What Happened to Rosa (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Extra Girl (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Classic Video Streams,
unknown 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; chapter stops; slimline DVD keepcase; $16.99.
Release date: 22 March 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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 National Center for Jewish Film
200? DVD edition
Early American Silents: The Cohen Films (1904-1929), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Cohen’s Advertising Scheme (1904), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, Cohen’s Fire Sale (1907), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Cohen Saves the Flag (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Extra Girl (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
National Center for Jewish Film,
unknown 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; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $36.00.
Release date: 200?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from
the NATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH FILM.
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Other MABEL NORMAND films available on home video.
Other KEYSTONE comedy films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other JEWISH-THEME FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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