Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Lightning Hutch
(1926)
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This 10-chapter serial, directed by Charles Hutchison, stars Charles Hutchison and Edith Thornton, with Sheldon Lewis, Eddie Phillips, Violet Schram, Ben Walker and Virginia Pearson.
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 Grapevine Video
2004 DVD edition
Lightning Hutch (1926), color-tinted black & white, 230 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-46214-10011-8.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 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 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 6.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered in a full-frame analog video transfer from very-good 35mm print materials, resulting in a relatively pleasant viewing experience. There is the usual amount of dust, speckling, schmutz, and other flaws in the source prints.
The serial is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from abruptly-edited preexisting music recordings.
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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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Lightning Hutch (1926), black & white, 230 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 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 likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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