Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Tournament
[Le tournoi dans la cité]
(1929)
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This historical drama, directed by Jean Renoir, stars Blanche Dernis and Aldo Nadi, with Jackie Monnier, Enrique Rivero, Suzanne Desprès, Viviant Clarens, Marval, Manuel Raaby, Henri Janvier and William Aguet.
Unfortunately, only about 40 percent of the original film has survived.
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Tournament (1929), black & white, 35 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no 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; French language intertitles, permanent? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 1 May 2025
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.
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 directly from . . .
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Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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