Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Cossack
Whip
(1916)
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This Russian-themed drama, directed by John H. Collins, stars Viola Dana with Richard Tucker, Franklyn Hanna, Sally Crute, Grace Williams, Bob Walker and William Wadsworth.
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 Grapevine Video
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Cossack Whip (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Mary and Gretel (1916), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered in high definition from an archival print held by the Library of Congress film archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2020 DVD edition
The Cossack Whip (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Mary and Gretel (1916), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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; $19.95.
Release date: 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered in high definition from an archival print held by the Library of Congress film archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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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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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Edward Lorusso
2018 DVD edition
The Cossack Whip (1916), black & white and color-toned black & white, 62 minutes, not rated, with Mary and Gretel (1916), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no 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 4.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 30 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $25.00.
Release date: 2018.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 6 / additional content: 3 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered in high definition from an archival print held by the Library of Congress film archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This out-of-print edition was provided to Kickstarter backers after project completion and was later rereleased in the Grapevine Video editions noted above.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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