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Riley the Cop
(1928)

 

This comedy-drama, directed by John Ford, stars J. Farrell MacDonald as Riley with Nancy Drexel, David Rollins, Louise Fazenda and Harry Schultz.

coverUnidentified publisher
2008 DVD edition

Riley the Cop (1928), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated.

Unidentified individual seller,
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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 14 chapter stops; paper disc envelope; $9.99.
Release date: 2008.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 4.

This DVD-R edition, acquired through eBay, has been mastered from a VHS videotape copy of an American Movie Classics cablecast during one of their film restoration festivals. It should be understandable that the resulting picture is coarse and a bit smeary in its details, with some videotape tracking warping. Left in the video transfer is a light amount of dust, speckling and other print flaws.

The film is accompanied by the film’s original Movietone synchronized soundtrack, with orchestral music arranged by S.L. ‘Roxy ’ Rothafel.

Not a great (or legal) presentation but this is the only home video edition of the film we know of. The disc is probably no longer available but it nonetheless does exist and the film can be seen.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
Other silent era JOHN FORD films available on home video.
 
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