Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Conrad in Quest
of His Youth
(1920)
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This drama from director William C. de Mille stars Thomas Meighan, Mabel Van Buren, Maym Kelso, Bertram Johns, Margaret Loomis, Sylvia Ashton, Kathlyn Williams, Charles Ogle, Ruth Renick and Eddie Sutherland.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10626-2.
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; $16.95.
Release date: 17 January 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 accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920), color-tinted black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7295D, UPC 0-89218-72959-0.
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 5.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 28 January 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction source print that is reasonably detailed. The video transfer captures a reasonable range of greytones, but the DVD image resolution is a little smeary.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fidelity recordings.
Not great, but a watchable disc.
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Other silent era WILLIAM C. DE MILLE films available on home video.
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