Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Captain Kidd’s
Kittens
(1927)
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This Fox comedy short was directed by Clyde Carruth.
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 Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition
The College Hero (1927), color-tinted black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with Captain Kidd’s Kittens (1927), black & white, 15 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10427-5.
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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2010.
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 recordings.
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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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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
The Sky Rider (1928), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Captain Kidd’s Kittens (1927), black & white, 16 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 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: February 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 presented with a music score compiled from preexisting recorded sources.
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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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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2023 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Classics Collection, Volume 7 (1919-1927), black & white, 105 minutes total, not rated, including Captain Kidd’s Kittens (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8524D, UPC 0-89218-85249-6.
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: 11 July 2023.
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 a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.
Probably not a great presentation but, for some of these films, this is the only home video edition of the film we know of.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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