Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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His First Flame
(1927)
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This early Harry Langdon feature comedy, was cowritten by Frank Capra during his days at the Mack Sennett studios.
Thought for many years to be lost, a nearly complete restoration print has been assembled from a number of incomplete surviving prints.
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 All Day Entertainment
2007 DVD edition
The Harry Langdon Collection: Lost and Found (1924-1942), black & white, 624 minutes total, not rated, including His First Flame (1927), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by Facets Multimedia,
DV95365, UPC 7-36899-11362-9.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 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, 9 chapter stops; two plastic DVD trays with hinged disc holders in casebook; $39.95.
Release date: 26 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD collection of Harry Langdon short films (and a feature) has been mastered from generally very-good 35mm prints from a variety of archival and private collection sources.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on digital piano by Franklin Stover.
Optional audio commentary by film historian David Kalat is provided.
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 Grapevine Video
2006 DVD edition
His First Flame (1927), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated, with Picking Peaches (1924), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10208-0.
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, PCM 48 kHz 2.0 mono? sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: August 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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We are certain that this DVD-R edition has been mastered from 16mm reduction print materials, and likely features a canned music score to accompany the films.
This edition also includes Langdon’s first film.
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 A2ZCDS
2005 DVD edition
His First Flame (1927), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.
A2ZCDS, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; $14.95.
Release date: 3 October 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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It is unknown whether this edition has been transferred from a 35mm or 16mm film print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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Other silent era HARRY LANGDON films available on home video.
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