Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Reckless Rosie
(1929)
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This Christie short comedy features Frances Lee, Eddie Barry, Charles Meakin, Billy Engle, William Blaisdell and James Donnelly.
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 All Day Entertainment
2006 DVD edition
American Slapstick (1914-1929), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 279 minutes total, not rated, including Reckless Rosie (1929), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ADE3581DVD, UPC 0-14381-35812-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 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; nglish language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; three-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 21 November 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The majority of the films feature musical accompaniment by Ben Model, with additional accompaniment by Bernie Anderson Jr and Ray Brubacher, and one film accompanied by preexisting recordings.
Supplemental material includes a short film from the 1960s featuring clips from silent films (5 minutes); and a PDF copy of The Charlie Chaplin Book (1916) accessed via your computer’s disc drive.
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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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 Reelclassicdvd.com
2004 DVD edition
A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume 1 (1914-1929), black & white, 109 minutes total, not rated, including Reckless Rosie (1929), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-87612-2.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $20.00.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with a music score performed by Ben Model.
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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 available from Reelclassicdvd.com through . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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