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The
Cheerful Fraud
(1926)
 

This crime comedy, directed by William A. Seiter, stars Reginald Denny and Gertrude Olmstead, with Otis Harlan, Emily Fitzroy, Charles Gerrard and Gertrude Astor.

 coverAlpha Video
2015 DVD edition

The Cheerful Fraud (1926), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated,
with Sunny Side Up (1926), black & white, 81 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7685D, UPC 0-89218-76859-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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 3.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 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: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 4 / overall: 3.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered at standard-resolution from an 8mm reduction print. As should be expected, there is an above-average amount of dust and speckling, with a number of splices, a sprinkling of print schmutz and mild frame jitters. Watchable but a test of patience, to be sure.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.

Far from a great presentation but this is the only home video edition of the film we know of.

 
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