Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Nell Gwyn
(1926)
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This British drama, directed by Herbert Wilcox, stars Dorothy Gish with Randle Ayrton, Juliette Compton and Sydney Fairbrother. Wilcox would remake a sound version of the novel in 1934 with Anna Neagle starring.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
Nell Gwyn (1926), color-toned black & white, 80 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10641-5.
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; $16.95.
Release date: March 2014.
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 music score compiled from preexisting music sources.
This is likely the best home video edition of the film currently available.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other BRITISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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