Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Below
the Surface
(1920)
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This deep-sea diving drama stars Hobart Bosworth, Grace Darmond and Lloyd Hughes.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
Below the Surface (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with From Hand to Mouth (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10020-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: September 2005
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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 Alpha Video
2023 DVD edition
Below the Surface (1920), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8561D, UPC 0-89218-85619-7.
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; $8.98.
Release date: 17 October 2023.
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.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era LLOYD HUGHES films available on home video.
Other NAUTICAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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