Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Fire Brigade
(1926)
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This feature drama, directed by William Nigh, stars Charles Ray and May McAvoy, with Holmes Herbert, Tom O’Brien, Eugenie Besserer, Warner Richmond, Bert Woodruff, Vivia Ogden and De Witt Jennings.
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2022 DVD edition
The Fire Brigade (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 235, 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; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a poor VHS videotape copy of a 16mm reduction print (as might be surmised from the publisher-provided still frame above). It is highly unlikely that this edition contains any of the original Technicolor footage in color.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Reluctantly, this is our recommended home video edition of the film and we still criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible.
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Other silent era CHARLES RAY films available on home video.
Other TECHNICOLOR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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