Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Ice Flood
(1926)
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This Northwoods drama stars Kenneth Harlan and Viola Dana, with supoort from Frank Hagney, Billy Kent Schaefer, DeWitt Jennings, George Irving, Norman Deming, Fred Kohler and Kitty Barlow.
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 Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition
The Ice Flood (1926), color-tinted black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching (1926), black & white, 4 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: 18 July 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film, but note the shorter running time.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition
The Ice Flood (1926), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7985D, UPC 0-89218-79859-6.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 8 August 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget 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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 TeleVista
2013 DVD edition
The Ice Flood (1926), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
TeleVista, unknown catalog number, UPC 0-29502-19883-1.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 19 February 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
TELEVISTA through . . .
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 Sunrise Silents
2007 DVD edition
The Ice Flood (1926), color-tinted black & white, 67 minutes, not rated, with Mystery of the Double Cross [chapter 14: “The Hidden Brand”] (1917), color-tinted black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918), color-tinted black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, and Alice on the Farm (1926), color-tinted black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
Sunrise Silents,
TIFV-N (NTSC) and TIFV-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $21.95.
Release date: 1 November 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition appears to have been mastered from an 8mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on MIDI synthesizer, which is annoying in places.
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SUNRISE SILENTS has discontinued business and this edition is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Ice Flood (1926), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no 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: 202?
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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