Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Going to
Congress
(1924)
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This Hal Roach comedy stars Will Rogers, with Molly Thompson and Marie Mosquini.
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 Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition
In the Days of the Thundering Herd (1914), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Going to Congress (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6490D, UPC 0-89218-64909-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 31 January 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
Probably not ideal, but the editions noted here will probably be a push visually. Which disc you purchase may come down to which of the supplemental films you will want in your edition.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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