Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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A Man About Town
(1927)
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This short romantic comedy, directed by Eugene Forde, stars Barry Norton and Ruth Eddings, with Robert Livingston, Harry Dunkinson and Ernie Adams.
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 20th Century Fox Home Video
2006 DVD edition
O. Henry’s Full House (1952), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, including A Man About Town (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
20th Century Fox Home Video,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-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 ? 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; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 21 November 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by a music score.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2023 DVD edition
Silent Comedy Classics Collection, Volume 7 (1919-1927), black & white, 105 minutes total, not rated, including A Man About Town (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8524D, UPC 0-89218-85249-6.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 11 July 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from 16mm and/or 8mm reduction prints.
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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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