Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Soul-Fire
(1925)
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This South Seas drama, directed by John S. Robertson, stars Richard Barthelmess, Bessie Love, Percy Ames, Charles Esdale, Lee Baker, Carlotta Monterey, Helen Ware and Walter Long.
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 Grapevine Video
2015 DVD edition
Soul-Fire (1925), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44723-3.
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; $14.95.
Release date: May 2015.
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 composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Sight unseen, we might recommend this edition over the Alpha Video edition noted below.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition
Soul-Fire (1925), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8023D, UPC 0-89218-80239-2.
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: 30 November 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.
Probably not a great presentation but we’re willing to be surprised.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era RICHARD BARTHELMESS films available on home video.
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