Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Ducks and Drakes
(1921)
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This feature comedy, directed by Maurice Campbell, stars Bebe Daniels and Jack Holt, with Mayme Kelso, Edward Martindel, William E. Lawrence, Wade Boteler and Maurie Newell.
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 Grapevine Video
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
Ducks and Drakes (1921), black & white, 57 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 BD keepcase; $22.95.
Release date: February 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition, produced for home video by Edward Lorusso, has been mastered at high-resolution from an 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.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2018 DVD edition
Ducks and Drakes (1921), black & white, 57 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: February 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition, produced for home video by Edward Lorusso, has been mastered at high-resolution from an 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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Edward Lorusso
2016 DVD edition
Ducks and Drakes (1921), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, 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; $25.00.
Release date: 20 April 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition, originally crowdfunded on Kickstarter, has been mastered at high-resolution from an archival print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Ducks and Drakes (1921), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $19.99.
Release date: 201?
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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Other silent era BEBE DANIELS films on home video.
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