Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Just Pals
(1920)
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John Ford’s first film for Fox Film Corporation is a simple drama of the character-redeeming friendship between a small-town ne’er-do-well and a hobo boy.
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 Fox Home Video
2007 DVD edition
The Ford at Fox Collection: John Ford’s Silent Epics (1920-1928), black & white, 607 minutes total, not rated, including Just Pals (1920), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated.
Fox Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 0-24543-48324-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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), 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 448 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 5.0 surround sound and Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, optional French and Spanish language subtitles, closed captions, 21 chapter stops; four slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $49.98.
Release date: 4 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This first DVD edition of John Ford’s charming rural drama has been mastered from the best-surviving 35mm materials, which are a little blurred but feature a broad range of greytones and very-good image detail. The results look good on a high-definition monitor.
The film is accompanied by a new small-ensemble music score composed by Jonathan Kaplan and Alexander Kaplan.
The disc is only available in the Ford at Fox Collection: John Ford’s Silent Epics boxset, and is our recommended home video edition.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Grapevine Video
2016 DVD edition
Just Pals (1920), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44757-8.
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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 21 March 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition may have been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score by David Knudtson.
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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
2019 DVD edition
Just Pals (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with Get Your Man (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8229D, UPC 0-89218-82429-5.
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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 18 June 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a reduction print.
The film may be 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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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era JOHN FORD films available on home video.
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