Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Linda
(1929)
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This part-talkie drama, directed by Dorothy Davenport, stars Helen Foster and Warner Baxter, with Noah Beery, Mitchell Lewis, Kate Price, Allan Connor and Bess Flowers.
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 Kino Classics
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (1911-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1710 minutes total, not rated, including Linda (1929), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K23411, UPC 7-38329-23411-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc (six BDs in the set); 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 24.8 Mbps average video bit rate; Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 256 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 8 chapter stops; 80-page insert booklet; three double-disc plastic trays on cardboard wrap in cardboard storage box; $99.95.
Release date: 20 November 2018.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 2 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from at high-resolution from an archival 35mm print held by the Library of Congress. The scan is relatively free of print flaws, with a sparce amount of dust and speckling, substantial but infrequent vertical scratches, mild frame jitters and moderate exposure fluctuations remaining.
The film is accompanied by an improvised music score composed(?) by Renée Clark Baker and performed by the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project. We apologize to the musicians involved but the accompaniment is a major liability. The largely unstructured music is disconnected except to itself — at times jazzy and more often experimental — and is constantly drawing attention away from the film’s narrative to its cacophany. Most viewers will agree that it is sinply awful. It’s best to turn off the disc’s audio and, instead, listen to just about anything else.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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 Kino Classics
2018 DVD edition
Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (1911-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1320 minutes total, not rated, including Linda (1929), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K23410, UPC 7-38329-23410-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (six DVDs in the set); 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; 80-page insert booklet; three double-disc plastic trays on cardboard wrap in cardboard storage box; $79.95.
Release date: 20 November 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from at high-resolution from an archival 35mm print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by an improvised music score composed(?) by Renée Clark Baker and performed by the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Linda (1929), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10519-7.
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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from prexisting recordings and not by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
This is not a recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Synergy Entertainment
2011 DVD edition
Linda (1929), black & white, 75 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 27 January 2011.
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 soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
This is not a recommended 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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Other silent era films by WOMEN DIRECTORS available on home video.
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