Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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A Woman of
the World
(1925)
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This Paramount production, directed by Malcolm St. Clair, stars Pola Negri with Charles Emmett Mack, Holmes Herbert, Blanche Mehaffey and Chester Conklin.
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 Grapevine Video
2003 DVD edition
A Woman of the World (1925), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with The Golf Bug (1924), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10063-5.
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, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print that is dark in its shadows and somewhat cropped on all sides of the frame.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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 Classic Video Streams
2010 DVD edition
The Actors: Rare Films of Pola Negri, Volume 2 (1925-1927), black & white, 154 minutes total, not rated, including A Woman of the World (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Hotel Imperial (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Classic Video Streams,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-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 ? 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; $16.95.
Release date: 9 March 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings
Not at all recommended.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era POLA NEGRI films available on home video.
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