Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett
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Rags
(1915)
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This Famous Players drama, directed by James Kirkwood, stars Mary Pickford and Marshall Neilan, with Joseph Manning, J. Farrell MacDonald and Hugh Thompson.
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Rags (1915), black & white, 66 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: 2 March 2025
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.
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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Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2019 DVD edition
Rags (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 196, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition may have been mastered from 35mm or 16mm reduction print materials (as is evident from the publisher-provided still frame above).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
You have to really want this title to pay for this overpriced, low-value release.
This is it. This is what $45.00 buys you.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other silent era MARY PICKFORD films available on home video.
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