Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
(1924)
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This historical drama, directed by Marshall Neilan, stars Mary Pickford and Allan Forrest, with Anders Randolf, Marc McDermott, Carrie Daumery, Wilfred Lucas, Clare Eames, Estelle Taylor, Courtenay Foote, Colin Kenny and Lottie Pickford.
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2016 DVD edition
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924), black & white, 132 minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 3, 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: 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print (as might be surmised from the publisher-provided still frame above).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Reluctantly, this is our recommended home video edition of the film and we still criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924), black & white, 135 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7899D, UPC 0-89218-78999-0.
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 to $8.98).
Release date: 31 January 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack of music compiled from preexisting recordings.
We are a little concerned about such a long film being squeezed onto a single-layered DVD-R disc. Video compression could be higher than usual on this disc.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other silent era MARY PICKFORD films available on home video.
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Mary Pickford filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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