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The
Kentucky Derby

(1922)

 

This Universal adventure drama, directed by King Baggot, stars Reginald Denny and Lillian Rich, with Emmett King, Gertrude Astor, Lionel Belmore, Kingsley Benedict and Bert Woodruff.

coverAlpha Video
2015 DVD edition

The Kentucky Derby (1922), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7684D, UPC 0-89218-76849-0.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 30 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 4 August 2015.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 2 / audio: 3 / additional content: 0 / overall: 3.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered at standard-resolution from an 8mm reduction print and it looks as awful as you might expect. The picture contains the usual amount of dust, speckling, scratches and schmutz, with some mild frame jitters. Some intertitles and insert shots will be cut-off around all sides of the picture due to the tight cropping in the source material and the tight video transfer framing. The resulting blurry image will test the patience of many viewers. We have to wonder if a projector was set-up to cast a picture on the wall and a video camera was used to capture the image, the transfer is so poor.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting mono jazz music sources abruptly edited together.

Not a great presentation, and not really worth the modest cost, but this is the only home video edition of the film we know of. Only worth the money if you absolutely need to view this film.

 
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