Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Heart’s Haven
(1922)
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This B-studio romantic drama, directed by Benjamin B. Hampton, stars Robert McKim, Claire Adams, Claire McDowell and Jean Hersholt. Comic elements are provided by Frank Hayes as the butler.
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 Grapevine Video
2009 DVD edition
Heart’s Haven (1922), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10180-9.
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 7.0 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; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2009.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 6 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition, originally prepared for release on VHS videotape in 1997, has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print, with a broad range of greytones and reasonable image detail. Yup, for a 16mm print, there’s the typical amount of dust, speckling, schmutz, frame jitters, blown-out highlight details, and other print flaws. Upscaling on high-definition equipment may have a hard time eliminating all evidence of the disc’s coarsely interlaced picture.
The film is accompanied by a piano score of compiled music performed on MIDI computer.
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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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Heart’s Haven (1922), black & white, 62 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; $14.99.
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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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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