Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Rounding Up
the Law
(1922)
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This western drama stars Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams, Russell Gordon, Chet Ryan and Patricia Palmer.
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The Eagle’s Claw (1924), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, with Rounding Up the Law (1922), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7667D, UPC 0-89218-76679-3.
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 3.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 30 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 7 July 2015.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 3 / additional content: 4 / overall: 4.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a dark 16mm reduction print that has a normal amount of dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, frame jitters, and other print flaws. The video transfer leaves highlights a bit dark giving the whole picture a darkish brown tinge.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting orchestral recordings.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Rounding Up the Law (1922), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
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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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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