Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Blue Bird
(1918)
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 Kino on Video
2005 DVD edition
The Blue Bird (1918), color-toned black & white, 81 minutes, not rated.
Kino International,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered?, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 6 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition, transferred from a preservation print from the George Eastman Museum film archive nitrate print, features a music score compiled and performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Also included are exerpts from the Maeterlinck play.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
The Blue Bird (1918), color-toned black & white, 74 minutes, not rated,
with Behind the Screen (1916), black & white, ? 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 image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 48 kHz 2.0 mono? sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: August 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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Released virtually head-to-head against the Kino edition above, this Grapevine DVD-R edition is reputed been mastered from the Museum of Modern Art restored print (we thought that George Eastman Museum held the only print).
The film is likely accompanied by a music score of preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era MAURICE TOURNEUR films available on home video.
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