Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Good
Bad-Man
(1916)
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Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love star in this early Fairbanks Western directed by Allan Dwan, with support from Sam de Grasse, Doc Cannon, Joseph Singleton, Mary Alden, André Beranger and Fred Burns.
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 Kino Classics
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Good Bad-Man (1916), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated,
with The Half-Breed (1916), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K23131, UPC 7-38329-23131-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, DTS 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 1 May 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has likely been mastered from an archival 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
The editon’s supplementary material includes audio commentaries for The Good Bad-Man and The Half-Breed by Tracey Goessel and Robert Byrne; the featurette “Amazing Tales from the Archives: Restoring The Half-Breed”; a stills gallery; and reversible storage case artwork.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Kino Classics
2018 DVD edition
The Half-Breed (1916), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated,
with The Good Bad-Man (1916), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K23130, UPC 7-38329-23130-9.
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) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 1 May 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
The editon’s supplementary material includes audio commentaries for The Half-Breed and The Good Bad-Man by Tracey Goessel and Robert Byrne; the featurette “Amazing Tales from the Archives: Restoring The Half-Breed”; a stills gallery; and reversible storage case artwork.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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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 silent era DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS films available on home video.
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Douglas Fairbanks filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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