Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The New
School Teacher
(1924)
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This comedy-drama, directed by Gregory La Cava, stars Chic Sale and Doris Kenyon, with supoort from Mickey Bennett and Russell Griffin, and Polly Archer, Robert Bentley, Helen Gerould, Bert Gorman, Fred Gorman, Warren Gorman, Paul Jachia, Jack Jacobs, Leslie King, May Kitson, Harlan Knight, Henry O’Connor, Bill Quinn, Edward Quinn, Kent Raymond, Buddy Raynor, Freddy Strange and Edward Weisman as the rowdy students.
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 Grapevine Video
2017 Blu-ray Disc edition
The New School Teacher (1924), black & white, 59 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; $19.95.
Release date: May 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by David Knudtson.
We have no idea whether this disc has been mastered at high-resolution or if it is standard-resolution material that is delivered on BD-R.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2017 DVD edition
The New School Teacher (1924), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10612-5.
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: May 2017.
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 performed by David Knudtson.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
My Boy (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The New School Teacher (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7876D, UPC 0-89218-78769-9.
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: 29 November 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely to be accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2016 DVD edition
The New School Teacher (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 83, 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; $32.99 (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 reduction print (as might be surmised from the publisher-provided still frame above).
The film is likely presented with a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
We think the asking price for this product is way out of hand. If the video quality is consistent with other discs produced by Alex Staykov, we think the cost is greater than the value of the video purchased. We recommend the Grapevine Video editions noted above for their higher quality and lower cost.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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