Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Why Worry?
(1923)
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This Harold Lloyd comedy, directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, also features Jobyna Ralston and John Aasen.
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 New Line Home Entertainment
2005 DVD edition
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 1 (1919-1936), black & white, color-toned black & white and color-tinted black & white, 420 minutes total, not rated, including Why Worry? (1923), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
New Line Home Entertainment, N8446,
UPC 7-94043-84462-1, ISBN 0-7806-5289-4.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 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 48 kHz 8-bit 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, English and Spanish language subtitles, closed captions, chapter stops; and one dual-sided, dual-layered (side A)/single-layered (side B), Region 1 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 48 kHz 8-bit 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, English and Spanish language subtitles, closed captions, chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 15 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of Why Worry? has been transferred at a natural speed from an excellent 35mm print, almost devoid of print flaws.
The film is accompanied by an orchestral music score arranged and composed by Robert Israel.
This is easily the best-looking edition of Why Worry? available on home video. A pleasure to watch.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Unknown company
2004 DVD edition
Why Worry? (1923), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Unknown home video company,
unknown 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) MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono? sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA?
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This unidentified DVD-R edition of Harold Lloyd’s last Hal Roach comedy showed up for sale on eBay. The legitimacy of this edition is unknown, and its quality is suspect. To most silent film enthusiasts we recommend the New Line edition sited above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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Other silent era HAROLD LLOYD films available on home video.
Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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