Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
(1917)
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John Barrymore stars as A.J. Raffles, the gentleman safecracker.
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 Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
Raffles Double Feature (1917-1925), black & white, 120 minutes total, not rated, including Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10052-9.
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 4.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 7 July 2009.
Country of origin: USA •
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
For now, this is our recommended 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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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
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 music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era JOHN BARRYMORE films available on home video.
Other CRIME FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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