Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Grandma’s Child
(1926)
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This short comedy, directed by Scott Pembroke, stars Bobby Ray.
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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 Grandma’s Child (1926), 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 again to $9.99).
Release date: 15 March 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from 16mm or 8mm reduction prints.
The films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music sources.
For now, this is our recomended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Alpha Video
2021 DVD edition
The Clodhopper (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Grandma’s Child (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8413D, UPC 0-89218-84139-1.
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 again to $9.99).
Release date: 4 May 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print. The visual quality is likely to be identical to the Alpha Video edition noted above.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other silent era BOBBY VERNON films available on home video.
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