Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Patent Leather
Kid
(1927)
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This boxing drama, directed by Alfred Santell, stars Richard Barthelmess and Molly O’Day, with Lawford Davidson, Mathew Betz, Arthur Stone, Ray Turner, Hank Mann and Walter James.
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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
The Patent Leather Kid (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8591D, UPC 0-89218-85919-8.
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; $8.98.
Release date: 20 February 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other silent era RICHARD BARTHELMESS films available on home video.
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