Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Helen’s Babies
(1924)
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This B-studio drama, directed by William A. Seiter, stars Baby Peggy, Clara Bow, Jean Carpenter, Edward Everett Horton, Claire Adams, George Reed, Mattie Peters and Richard Tucker.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Helen’s Babies (1924), black & white, ? 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; 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 music sources.
Not recommended, sight unseen.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Unidentified individual
201? DVD edition
Helen’s Babies (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Unidentified individual,
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; 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 music sources.
Not a great presentation but this is the only home video edition of the film we know of.
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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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Other silent era CLARA BOW films available on home video.
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