Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Vanity
(1927)
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This society drama, directed by Donald Crisp, stars Leatrice Joy and Charles Ray, with Alan Hale, Mayme Kelso, Noble Johnson, Helen Lee Worthing and Louis Payne.
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 Edward Lorusso
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
Vanity (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no 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; $30.00.
Release date: 30 July 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition, originally published as a limited edition Kickstarter project, has been mastered from a 35mm archival print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film. While not generally available, we expect a version of this edition to be published by Grapevine Video in late 2024 or early 2025.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Edward Lorusso
2024 DVD edition
Vanity (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, 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; $25.00.
Release date: 30 July 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition, originally published as a limited edition Kickstarter project, has been mastered from a 35mm archival print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film. While not generally available, we expect a version of this edition to be published by Grapevine Video in late 2024 or early 2025.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era CHARLES RAY films available on home video.
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