Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Are Parents
People?
(1925)
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This comedy-drama from Paramount Pictures features the charming Betty Bronson, with Adolphe Menjou and Florence Vidor as her divorcing parents.
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 Grapevine Video
2022 Blu-ray Disc edition
Are Parents People? (1925), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated,
with Are Parents Pickles? (1925), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV), 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 mono sound; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 14 July 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been remastered at 2K high-resolution (likely) from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting music sources by Lou McMahon.
This upgraded disc is likely the best-available DVD home video edition.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2022 DVD edition
Are Parents People? (1925), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated,
with Are Parents Pickles? (1925), black & white, 11 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono sound; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 14 July 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been remastered at 2K high-resolution (likely) from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting music sources by Lou McMahon.
This upgraded disc is likely the best-available DVD home video edition.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2003 DVD edition
Are Parents People? (1925), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated,
with Wedding Bells (1924), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10016-1.
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), 5.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono sound; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 5 / additional content: 7 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good-to-very-good 16mm reduction print. While the print is not great — since it is lacking in fine image detail, has plugged-up shadows and some moderately modulated exposure fluctuations, and is dusty and speckled — it is watchable and the charm of the film comes through. The disc does benefit slightly from a smoothing of its coarseness on high-definition systems that upscale to a 1080p signal.
The film is accompanied by a patchwork of preexisting orchestral film music.
See our notes on the accompanying Monty Banks film on our Wedding Bells on home video page.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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Other silent era BETTY BRONSON films available on home video.
Other silent era ADOLPHE MENJOU films available on home video.
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