Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Getting Mary
Married
(1919)
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This feature-length comedy, directed by Allan Dwan, stars Marion Davies and Norman Kerry, with support from Matt Moore, Frederick Burton and Amelia Summerville.
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 Grapevine Video
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
Getting Mary Married (1927), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Mary’s Merry Mix-Up (1917), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 21 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been prepared from a 2K high-definition scan of what is likely to be a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by David Knudtson.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2020 DVD edition
Getting Mary Married (1927), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Mary’s Merry Mix-Up (1917), black & white, 11 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 21 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This remastered DVD-R edition has been prepared from a 2K high-definition scan of what is likely to be a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by David Knudtson.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition
Getting Mary Married (1927), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Mary’s Merry Mix-Up (1917), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10553-1.
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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 22 March 2013.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 7 / additional content: 4 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print, with a typical amount of dust, speckling, frame jitters, and other print flaws.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by David Knudtson.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era MARION DAVIES films available on home video.
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