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Secrets of
the Night
(1924)
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This Universal comedy-mystery stars James Kirkwood, Madge Bellamy, Tom Ricketts and ZaSu Pitts.
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 Grapevine Video
2009 DVD edition
Secrets of the Night (1924), color-tinted black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10361-2.
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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 16 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 9 October 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good color-tinted 16mm reduction print. We will be reviewing the disc soon.
The film is accompanied by a cobbled-together score of preexisting film music.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition
Secrets of the Night (1924), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7928D, UPC 0-89218-79289-1.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 7 March 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Secrets of the Night (1924), black & white, 64 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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