Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Love Flower
(1920)
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This South Seas romance drama, directed by D.W. Griffith, features Richard Barthelmess, Carol Dempster and George MacQuarrie.
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 Grapevine Video
2003 DVD edition
The Love Flower (1920), black & white, 95 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10120-5.
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 5.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase;$16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 4 / additional content: 0 / overall: 4.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print with a significant amount of dust, speckling, schmutz, emulsion chipping and scuffing, and other print flaws. Regardless, the disc is watchable until a better edition comes along (we can’t wait).
The film is loosely accompanied by a canned orchestral music score abruptly edited together.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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 The Film Detective
2015 DVD edition
The Love Flower (1920), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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 8-bit 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 6 August 2015.
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 recordings.
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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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Other silent era D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.
Other silent era RICHARD BARTHELMESS films available on home video.
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