Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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and the Silent Era Company.
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The Locked Door
(1929)
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This full-sound feature drama, directed by George Fitzmaurice and Earle Browne, stars Rod La Rocque and Barbara Stanwyck, with William Boyd, Betty Bronson, Harry Stubbs, Harry Mestayer, Mack Swain, ZaSu Pitts and George Bunny.
Stanwyck’s first leading role.
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Locked Door (1929), black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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 ? 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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For now, this is our 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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Rare Films and More
202? DVD edition
The Locked Door (1929), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, with The River (1929), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.
Rare Films and More, 6482, 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 ? 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, optional Spanish language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $13.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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