Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Be My Wife
(1921)
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 Kino Classics
2014 DVD edition
The Max Linder Collection (1917-1922), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 205 minutes total, not rated,
including Be My Wife (1921), color-toned black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K1303, UPC 7-38329-13032-9.
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) 5.0 surround sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 27 May 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD collection of Max Linder comedies features a complete presentation of the Linder feature comedy Be My Wife, produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris.
The film is presented with musical accompaniment by Eric Le Guen.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2003 DVD edition
Laugh with Max Linder (1912-1921), color-toned black & white, 117 minutes total, not rated,
including Be My Wife (1921) [exerpts], black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0508DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05082-0.
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) 5.0 surround sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 11 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 23 September 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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Video producer David Shepard released this DVD collection of Max Linder comedies including a complete presentation of Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), the French shorts Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912), Love’s Surprises (1913), Max Takes a Picture (1913) and Max Sets the Style (1914), and exerpts from Be My Wife (1921).
The disc features small-orchestra musical accompaniment arranged, composed and conducted by Robert Israel, and performed on period instruments in surround sound.
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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 MAX LINDER films available on home video.
Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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