Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Border River
(1919)
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This Edison drama, directed by Edward H. Griffith, stars Shirley Mason and George J. Forth, with Joseph Burke and William Hayes.
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 Grapevine Video
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Awakening of Ruth (1917), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, with Border River (1919), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: May 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered from a high-definition scan of an archival print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BR-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2023 DVD edition
The Awakening of Ruth (1917), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, with Border River (1919), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; $19.95.
Release date: May 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a high-definition scan of an archival print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended DVD 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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 Edward Lorusso
2023 DVD edition
The Awakening of Ruth (1917), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, with Border River (1919), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; unkniown suggested retail price.
Release date: [?] March? 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 35mm print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This out-of-print home video edition has been rereleased by Grapevine Video in the editions noted above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Border River (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
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 soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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