Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Canyon of
Missing Men
(1930)
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This Tom Tyler western programmer was directed by the prolific J.P. McGowan.
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 Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition
The Canyon of Missing Men (1930), black & white, 49 minutes, not rated,
with El Contrabandista Moderno (190?), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6682D, UPC 0-89218-66829-5.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 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 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 30 November 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a poor 8mm reduction print that is often too dark to distinguish the film’s action. Rough going, even for patient viewers. The film’s running time is only 49 minutes, despite the disc’s packaging stating 58 minutes.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
This print should never have made it onto home video.
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Other silent era J.P. McGOWAN films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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