Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Through
the Breakers
(1928) |
This South Seas B-studio production from Gotham Productions features Holmes Herbert, Margaret Livingston, Clyde Cook and Natalie Joyce.
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 Grapevine Video
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated,
with Heave-Ho (19??), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV), 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan MPEG-4 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 21 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been remastered at 2K resolution from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on theatre pipe organ.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase a Region 0 BD-R of this edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 BD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2020 DVD edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated,
with Heave-Ho (19??), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 21 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been remastered at 2K resolution from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on theatre pipe organ.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase a Region 0 NTSC DVD-R of this edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2004 DVD edition
Through the Breakers (1928), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated,
with Smith’s Bargain Hunt (19??), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10282-0.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on theatre pipe organ.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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