Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Chinatown Nights
(1929)
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This feature drama, directed by William A. Wellman, stars Wallace Beery and Florence Vidor, with Warner Oland, Jack McHugh, Jack Oakie, Tetsu Komai and Frank Chew.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Chinatown Nights (1929), black & white, 83 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
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 its original synchronized soundtrack.
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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 Alpha Video
2025 DVD edition
Chinatown Nights (1929), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8665D, UPC 0-89218-86659-2.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $8.98.
Release date: 29 April 2025.
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 presented with its original synchronized soundtrack.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era WILLIAM A. WELLMAN films available on home video.
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