Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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$50,000 Reward
(1924)
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This feature western, directed by Clifford S. Elfelt, stars Ken Maynard and Esther Ralston, with Bert Lindley, Edward Peil, Lillian Leighton, Charles Newton and Frank Whitson.
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 Sinister Cinema
201? DVD edition
Western Collections, Ken Maynard, Volume 3 (1924-1937), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including $50,000 Reward (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Range Law (1931), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Whistlin’ Dan (1932), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Trailing Trouble (1937), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, BC09, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc (two DVDs in the set); 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 two-disc DVD keepcase; $9.95.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2010 DVD edition
$50,000 Reward (1924), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, with Then Came the Yawn (1934), black & white, 6 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6391D, UPC 0-89218-63919-6.
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: 30 June 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD edition has been mastered at faster than natural speed from a good 8mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Supplemental material consists of the short comedy spoof Then Came the Yawn (1934), an Educational Films production originally distributed by Fox Film Corporation. This is not the Vitaphone sound film from 1932, as is sometimes reported.
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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
$50,000 Reward (1924), black & white, 55 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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