Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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American Pluck
(1925)
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This boxing-themed film from B-film studio Chadwick Pictures Corporation stars George Walsh and Wanda Hawley, and is a remake of the Douglas Fairbanks film The Americano (1917).
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 Grapevine Video
2016 DVD edition
American Pluck (1925), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-52145-5.
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 March 2016.
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 performed by David Knudtson.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
The Battling Fool (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with American Pluck (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7791D, UPC 0-89218-77919-9.
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: 17 May 2016.
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 to be accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 TeleVista
2009 DVD edition
American Pluck (1925), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated.
TeleVista, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-52145-5.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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 6.7 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 9 June 2009.
Country of origin: USA •
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This DVD edition of American Pluck has been mastered from a 8mm reduction print and features a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings. Would you really pay $20.00 for this disc?
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
TELEVISTA through . . .
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