Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Ships of
the Night
(1928)
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This B-studio drama, directed by Duke Worne, features Jacqueline Logan, Sojin Kamiyama, Jack Mower, Andy Clyde, Arthur Rankin, Glen Cavender, Thomas A. Curran, Frank Lanning and J.P. McGowan.
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 Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition
Ships of the Night (1928), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated, with The Family Outing (192?), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10619-4.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 15 November 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
Ships of the Night (1928), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8632D, UPC 0-89218-86329-4.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $8.98.
Release date: 17 September 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 soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Ships of the Night (1928), black & white, 63 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; $19.99.
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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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other NAUTICAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other silent era J.P. McGOWAN films available on home video.
Other FILMS FROM 1928 available on home video.
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