Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Madam Behave
(1925)
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This feature-length comedy production from Al Christie is a vehicle for the famed female impersonator Julian Eltinge. Ann Pennington, Lionel Belmore and Jack Duffy support.
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Madam Behave (1925), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7842D, UPC 0-89218-78429-2.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 30 August 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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The DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print, which is a bit greyed-out with blasted-out highlights.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Not a great disc, but it is watchable until a high-quality home video edition is released.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 The Film Detective
2016 DVD edition
Madam Behave (1925), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown catalog number, UPC 8-85444-58527-2.
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; $9.99.
Release date: 28 June 2016.
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 from
THE FILM DETECTIVE through . . .
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Other GENDER BENDER FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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