Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Betty Takes
a Hand
(1918)
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This Triangle comedy-drama, directed by John Francis Dillon, stars Olive Thomas and Frederick Vroom, with Bliss Chevalier, Mary Warren, George Hernandez and Charles Gunn.
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2018 DVD edition
Betty Take a Hand (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 160, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print of the film as is evident from the publisher-provided still frame above.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.
Probably not a great presentation (and certainly over-priced for what you get) but this is the only home video edition of the film we know of.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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