Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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A Knight of
the Pines
(1920)
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This two-reel drama, directed by Edgar Jones, stars Edgar Jones and Edna May Sperl, with Ben Hendricks Jr., Carlton Brickert and William Peavey.
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 Edward Lorusso
2023 DVD edition
Maine Films: Edgar Jones and Holman Day (1919-1921), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including A Knight of the Pines (1920), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no 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 DVD keepcase; $28.00.
Release date: 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered from 35mm materials held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 BD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Knight of the Pines (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no 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; $19.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. The publisher does not divulge the running time of this edition, which may be misleading consumers who would be surprised to learn that they spent $20.00 on a 20-minute film.
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 directly from . . .
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