Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Cobra
(1925)
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 Film Preservation Associates
1999 DVD edition
Cobra (1925), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID5662DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-56622-2.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (reissued on 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), 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 15 chapter stops; snapper DVD case (reissued in standard DVD case); $24.99.
Release date: 3 August 1999.
Country of origin: USA
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This early DVD edition from Film Preservation Associates has been mastered from a video transfer that utilized 35mm source print materials, made at the visually-correct speed of 22 frames per second.
The presentation features a music score compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall from period arrangements, which is performed on piano, reeds and strings.
At one time out-of-print, this edition was rereleased in on-demand DVD-R format in 2011.
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 The Film Detective
2017 DVD edition
Cobra (1925), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit? 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase, $9.99.
Release date: 4 May 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
All of the films in the collection have previously appeared on DVD in high-quality editions.
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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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 Passport Video
2009 DVD edition
The Rudolph Valentino Collection: 5 Fabulous Films (1918-1925), black & white, 420 minutes total, not rated,
including Cobra (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Passport Video,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 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 8-bit? 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; three-disc DVD keepcase, $19.98.
Release date: 11 August 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This three-disc DVD collection of Rudolph Valentino films may have been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.
All of the films in the collection have previously appeared on DVD in high-quality editions.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other RUDOLPH VALENTINO films available on home video.
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