Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Son-of-a-Gun!
(1918)
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Gilbert M. Anderson’s latter day western, directed by Jesse J. Robbins, also features Joy Lewis, Fred Church, Frank Whitson and A.E. Whitting.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Son-of-a-Gun! (1918), black & white, 61 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 21 November 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 culled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Unknown Video
2004 DVD edition
The Son-of-a-Gun! (1918), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Shootin’ Mad (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Unknown 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; $18.95.
Release date: 22 November 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of The Son-of-a-Gun! has likely been mastered from a 16mm fine-grain reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on electric organ by Bob Vaughn.
If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.
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UNKNOWN VIDEO has discontinued business and this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2010 DVD edition
The Son-of-a-Gun! (1918), black & white, 51 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6416D, UPC 0-89218-64169-4.
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; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 31 August 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD edition of has been transferred from a good 16mm reduction print, but the disc itself has been mastered from a poor VHS videotape copy that is very smeary of image details.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
Sight unseen, we recommend the edition noted above from Unknown Video over this smeary, hard-to-watch mess.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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