Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Back to the Woods
(1923)
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This short comedy, directed by Scott Sidney, stars Neal Burns and Vera Steadman, with Earle Rodney, Ward Caulfield, George B. French, James Harrison, William Irving and Babe London.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Black Cyclone (1925), color-tinted black & white, 66 minutes, not rated, with Back to the Woods (1923), black & white, 19 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 ? 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; $14.95.
Release date: 17 August 2012.
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 presented with a music score performed by David Knudtson.
Sight unseen, 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
2013 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Classics Collection, Volume 1 (1913-1928), black & white, 55 minutes total, not rated, including Back to the Woods (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6924D, UPC 0-89218-69249-8.
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: 26 February 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from 16mm or 8mm reduction prints.
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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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