Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Another Man’s
Boots
(1922)
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This B-studio western, directed by William J. Craft, stars Francis Ford, Harry Smith and Elvira Weil.
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 Grapevine Video
2016 DVD edition
Another Man’s Boots (1922), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44767-7.
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; $16.95.
Release date: April 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
The Ace of Clubs (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Another Man’s Boots (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7297D, UPC 0-89218-72979-8.
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 again to $9.99).
Release date: 28 January 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition is likely to have been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The presentation is likely to be accompanied by a cobbled-together music score of preexisting musical recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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