Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Roaring
Rider
(1926)
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This independently-produced western, directed by Richard Thorpe, stars Jay Wilsey as Buffalo Bill Jr. with Jean Arthur, Frank Ellis and Bert Lindley.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
Black Gold (1924), black & white, 38 minutes, not rated, with The Roaring Rider (1926), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10649-1.
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; $14.95.
Release date: 13 May 1924.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from an abbreviated 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting music sources.
This is the only best home video edition of the film we are aware of.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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