Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Skylarking
(1923)
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This Mack Sennett comedy stars Harry Gribbon and Alberta Vaughn, with Kewpie Morgan.
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 TeleVista
2009 DVD edition
Shifting Sands (1918), black & white, 47 minutes, not rated, with Skylarking (1923) black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
TeleVista, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-22210-9.
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), 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 28 April 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a hodge-podge of preexisting recordings.
With as horrible as the main feature is, with its substandard source print, this comedy short is the only reason to buy this disc. Is that worth $20.00?
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 Alpha Video
2022 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Classics Collection, Volume 4 (1923-1928), black & white, 102 minutes total, not rated, including Skylarking (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8481D, UPC 0-89218-84819-2.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 15 March 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from 16mm or 8mm reduction prints.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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