Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Shamrock
and the Rose
(1927)
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This comedy-drama, directed by Jack Nelson, features Mack Swain, Olive Hasbrouck, Edmund Burns, Maurice Costello, William Strauss, Dot Farley and Rosa Rosanova.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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; $14.95.
Release date: March 2012.
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 new music score by David Knudtson, likely performed on the Miditzer virtual theater organ (computer-based) system.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927), color-toned black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6911D, UPC 0-89218-69119-4.
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 6.8 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: 25 January 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print and is presented in a slightly blue color-toned video transfer. The image highlights are blasted-out to white and shadows are closed-up black.
The film is presented with a music score compiled from low-fidelity preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Looser Than Loose
2013 DVD edition
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.
Looser Than Loose Vintage Entertainment,
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $21.99.
Release date: 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with a music score comprised of preexisting 78rpm recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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