Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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White Gold
(1927)
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This western romance drama, directed by William K. Howard, stars Jetta Goudal and George Bancroft, with Kenneth Thomson, George Nichols, Robert Perry and Clyde Cook.
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 Grapevine Video
2019 Blu-ray Disc edition
White Gold (1927), color-tinted black & white, 75 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 mono sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 16 January 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been remastered at high-resolution from a 16mm reduction positive. Digital stabilization and some clean-up has been performed.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
This is likely 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
2019 DVD edition
White Gold (1927), color-tinted black & white, 75 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 16 January 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been remastered at high-resolution from a 16mm reduction positive. Digital stabilization and some clean-up has been performed.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
This is likely 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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 Grapevine Video
201? DVD edition
White Gold (1927), black & white, ? 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
White Gold (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8582D, UPC 0-89218-85829-0.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 20 February 2024.
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 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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