Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Standing Pat
(1928)
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This Ton-of-Fun comedy short, directed by Earl T. Montgomery, stars Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander and ‘Kewpie’ Ross.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
The Adorable Cheat (1928), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated, with Standing Pat (1928), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10510-4.
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 (raised to $16.95).
Release date: 17 August 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with a music score by David Knudtson.
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
Three Fatties (1925-1928), black & white, 162 minutes total, not rated, including Standing Pat (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6948D, UPC 0-89218-69489-8.
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; $6.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 30 April 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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