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Smouldering
Fires

(1924)

 

Pauline Frederick stars as a no-nonsense businesswoman in this comedy-drama directed by Clarence Brown. Laura La Plante, Malcolm McGregor and Tully Marshall support.

coverSunrise Silents
2006 DVD edition

Smouldering Fires (1924), color-tinted black & white, 70 minutes, not rated, with Monkey-Shines (1920), color-tinted black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Mystery of the Double Cross (1917) [episode 7: “Into Thin Air”], color-tinted black & white, 25 minutes, not rated, Luring Eyes (1920), color-tinted black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, and Disposing of Mother (1922), color-tinted black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.

Sunrise Silents,
SMFR-N (NTSC) and SMFR-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL 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; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $23.95.
Release date: 24 May 2006.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 6 / additional content: 6 / overall: 6.

This DVD-R edition from Sunrise Silents has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print that is on occasion dark, with plugged up shadow details. The windowboxed video transfer has been digitally color-tinted.

The film is accompanied by a music score performed on MIDI-synthesizer.

Edition producer Rich Oliver continues to offer more in additional disc features than any other independent home video company, with a serial episode, a short comedy, a compilation of newsreel footage of film stars, and more.

This is our recommended home video edition of Smouldering Fires for its higher visual clarity — unfortunately, it is now out-of-print.

 
SUNRISE SILENTS has discontinued business and this edition is . . .
coverGrapevine Video
2006 DVD edition

Smouldering Fires (1924), black & white, 91 minutes, not rated, with Alice’s Egg Plant (1925), black & white, 8 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10233-2.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 16 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 5 / additional content: 5 / overall: 5.

This DVD-R edition from Grapevine Video has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print that originates from the same print material as the Sunrise edition noted above and is contrasty, with closed-up shadows and burnt-out highlights. The full-frame video transfer is cropped a tad tighter than the Sunrise edition and generally looks coarser in picture details.

The film is accompanied by a music score of electronic organ music.

 
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Alpha Video
2019 DVD edition

Smouldering Fires (1924), black & white, 91 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8293D, UPC 0-89218-82939-9.
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, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 10 December 2019.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.

 
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