Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Through
the Breakers
(1928)
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This South Seas B-studio production from Gotham Productions features Holmes Herbert, Margaret Livingston, Clyde Cook and Natalie Joyce.
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 Grapevine Video
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated, with Heave-Ho (1928), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 21 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been prepared from a 2K high-resolution scan of a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on theatre pipe organ by Blaine Gale.
Supplemental material is a Sid Smith comedy short.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2020 DVD edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, with Heave-Ho (1928), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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; $16.95.
Release date: 21 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This remastered DVD-R edition has been prepared from a 2K high-resolution scan of a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on theatre pipe organ by Blaine Gale.
Supplemental material is a Sid Smith comedy short.
This is our recommended DVD 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
2025 DVD edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8653D, UPC 0-89218-86539-7.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 21 January 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $14.99.
Release date: 1 June 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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2004 DVD edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated, with Smith’s Bargain Hunt (19??), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10282-0.
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; $14.95.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on theatre pipe organ by Blaine Gale.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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