Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Shamrock
Handicap
(1926)
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This John Ford romantic drama, one his few surviving silent era films, features Janet Gaynor, Leslie Fenton and J. Farrell MacDonald. Beginning in Ireland and ending on the horse racetrack, this pleasing film shows Ford’s versatility as director and storyteller.
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 eMoviez
2009 DVD edition
The Shamrock Handicap (1926), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
eMoviez, no catalog number, no 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; $19.99.
Release date: 2009.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 0 / overall: 7.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print, which may originate from the 35mm print held by the Museum of Modern Art.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano.
Better than most silent film DVD-R discs, we recommend this edition of The Shamrock Handicap.
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EMOVIEZ no longer sells home video products and this item is . . .
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 Rare Films and More
202? DVD edition
The Shamrock Handicap (1926), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated, with The Flying Ace (1926), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
Rare Films and More, 6639, no 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; $11.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era JOHN FORD films available on home video.
Other silent era JOHN WAYNE films available on home video.
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