Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Free to Love
(1925)
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Clara Bow and Donald Keith star in this tough drama, directed by Frank O’Connor, with support from Raymond McKee, Winter Hall and Hallam Cooley.
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 Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
Free to Love (1925), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated, with My Lady of Whims (1925), black & white, 44 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10267-7.
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: 2007.
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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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Free to Love (1925), color-toned black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7850D, UPC 0-89218-78509-1.
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; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 27 September 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Classic Video Streams
2010 DVD edition
The Actors: Rare Films of Clara Bow, Volume 2 (1925-1927), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, with Free to Love (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Classic Video Streams,
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; slimline DVD keepcase; $16.99.
Release date: 9 March 2010.
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 to be accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other silent era CLARA BOW films available on home video.
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