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Reginald Denny
Collection
(1924-1926)
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Contents: The Reckless Age (1924), Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926) and What Happened to Jones? (1926).
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 Kino Classics
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
Reginald Denny Collection (1924-1926), black & white, and color-tinted black & white, 221 minutes total, not rated, including The Reckless Age (1924), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated, Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated, and What Happened to Jones? (1926), color-tinted black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K24949, UPC 7-38329-24949-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 34.8 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 2.0 Mbps audio bit rate (music), and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.6 Mbps audio bit rate (commentary); English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; and one single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 35.2 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 2.0 Mbps audio bit rate (music), and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.9 Mbps audio bit rate (commentary); English language intertitles, no subtitles; 20 chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 25 August 2020.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered at high-resolution from archival 35mm and 16mm reduction print source materials.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Jake Monaco, Leo Berenberg and Anthony Willis.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary for all three films by Anthony Slide.
For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this collection, see our The Reckless Age on home video, Skinner’s Dress Suit on home video and What Happened to Jones? on home video pages.
This is our recommended home video edition of these films.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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 Kino Classics
2020 DVD edition
Reginald Denny Collection (1924-1926), black & white, and color-tinted black & white, 221 minutes total, not rated, including The Reckless Age (1924), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated, Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated, and What Happened to Jones? (1926), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K24949, UPC 7-38329-24949-6.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 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 (music), and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate (commentary); English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 25 August 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered at high-resolution from archival source materials.
The film is accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Jake Monaco, Leo Berenberg and Anthony Willis.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary for all three films by Anthony Slide.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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