Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Isle of
Sunken Gold
Volume 2
(1927)
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This silent era Mascot serial stars Anita Stewart, Bruce Gordon and Curtis ‘Snowball’ McHenry. Beware the ape named “Kong”!
Unfortunately, not all of the 10-chapter serial has survived.
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 The Serial Squadron
2009 DVD edition
The Isle of Sunken Gold (1927) [chapters 4-6], black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron,
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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $10.95 (raised to $12.95).
Release date: 9 October 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a surviving 16mm reduction print with Dutch intertitles. The disc presents the surviving footage from chapters four through six, with restored English intertitles. The first reel of xhapter seven is presented as supplemental material.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack that include native drums and sound effects.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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