Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Old
Swimmin’ Hole
(1921)
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This Charles Ray vehicle also features James Gordon, Laura La Plante, Blanche Rose, Marjorie Prevost, Lincoln Stedman and Lon Poff.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Old Swimmin’ Hole (1920), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10629-3.
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; $16.95.
Release date: 17 January 2014.
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 compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
The Old Swimmin’ Hole (1925), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8585D, UPC 0-89218-85859-7.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 20 February 2024.
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 accompanied by a music score 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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Other silent era CHARLES RAY films available on home video.
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