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Stand and
Deliver
(1928)
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This romantic drama, directed by Donald Crisp, stars Rod La Rocque and Lupe Velez, with Warner Oland and Louis Natheaux.
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 Grapevine Video
2004 DVD edition
Stand and Deliver (1928), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, with The Stunt Man (1927), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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 6.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); MPEG 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95 (raised to $14.95).
Release date: August 2005.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 4 / additional content: 3 / overall: 4.
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This DVD-R edition is touted as being transferred from materials that are sourced from the only known surviving print.
The film is accompanied by a compilation soundtrack of preexisting recordings.
Supplementary material is the unfunny Larry Semon comedy The Stunt Man (1927), transferred from a blurry 8mm reduction print.
Not a great presentation and not really recommended. It may be that any of the independently-produced home video editions of the film will look pretty much the same.
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 eMoviez
200? DVD edition
Stand and Deliver (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
eMoviez, no catalog number, no 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 200?
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 compilation soundtrack of preexisting recordings.
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EMOVIEZ no longer sells home video products and this item is . . .
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