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The
Reckless Age
(1924)
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This Universal comedy-drama, directed by Harry A. Pollard, stars Reginald Denny and Ruth Dwyer, with John Steppling, May Wallace, William Austin, Tom McGuire, Fred Malatesta, Henry A. Barrows and Frederick Vroom.
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 Kino Classics
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
Reginald Denny Collection (1924-1926), black & white, and color-tinted black & white, 221 minutes total, not rated,
including The Reckless Age (1924), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K24949, UPC 7-38329-24949-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc (two BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 34.8 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 2.0 Mbps audio bit rate (music), and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.9 Mbps audio bit rate (commentary); English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 25 August 2020.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered at high-resolution from archival source materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed by Jake Monaco and performed by a small ensemble.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary by Anthony Slide.
This is our recommended home video edition of this film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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 Kino Classics
2020 DVD edition
Reginald Denny Collection (1924-1926), black & white, and color-tinted black & white, 221 minutes total, not rated,
including The Reckless Age (1924), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K24949, UPC 7-38329-24949-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 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 (music), and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate (commentary); English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 25 August 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered at high-resolution from archival source materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed by Jake Monaco and performed by a small ensemble.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary by Anthony Slide.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of this film.
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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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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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