Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Enchantment
(1921)
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This comedy-drama, directed by Robert G. Vignola, stars Marion Davies, with support from Forrest Stanley and Edith Shayne.
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 Grapevine Video
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
Enchantment (1921), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44917-6.
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; $22.95.
Release date: August 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition has been mastered from a fine-grain 35mm duplicate positive from the Library of Congress film archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2018 DVD edition
Enchantment (1921), black & white, 89 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; $16.95.
Release date: August 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a fine-grain 35mm duplicate positive from the Library of Congress film archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin.
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
2014 DVD edition
Enchantment (1921), black & white, 90 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, 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; $25.00.
Release date: 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a fine-grain 35mm duplicate positive from the Library of Congress film archive.
The film is presented with a music score composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin.
This out-of-print edition was provided to Kickstarter backers after project completion (with some copies sold on Amazon.com) and was later rereleased by Grapevine Video (see above).
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2018 DVD edition
Enchantment (1921), black & white, 90 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8084D, UPC 0-89218-80849-3.
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: 19 June 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a fine-grain 35mm duplicate positive from the Library of Congress film archive.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
We recommend the Grapevine Video home video editions of the film noted above.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other MARION DAVIES films available on home video.
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