Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Return of
Boston Blackie
(1927)
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This crime drama, directed by Harry O. Hoyt, stars Bob Custer, Corliss Palmer and Strongheart the dog.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Return of Boston Blackie (1927), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10703-0.
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: 21 November 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print of fair to poor quality.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
The Return of Boston Blackie (1927), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7251D, UPC 0-89218-72519-6.
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: 31 December 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print of fair to poor quality.
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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era ANIMAL STARS films available on home video.
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