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At First Sight
(1924)
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Charley Chase makes his first appearance as reoccuring character Jimmy Jump.
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All Day Entertainment
2009 DVD edition
Becoming Charley Chase (1915-1926), black & white, 460 minutes total, not rated, including At First Sight (1924), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by VCI Entertainment,
8562, UPC 0-89859-85622-8, ISBN 1-55739-587-X.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 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 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard four-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 28 July 2009.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print, which retains a moderate amount of dust and speckling in the picture with some minor emulsion scratches. A broad range of greytones and very-good image detail is captured in the slightly windowboxed video transfer, which will appear as full-frame on some television monitors.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Andrew Earle Simpson.
This is our recommended home video edition of At First Sight.
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Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
Charley Chase: Jimmy Jump Series (1924-1925), black & white, 96 minutes total, not rated, including At First Sight (1924), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10093-1.
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 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95.
Release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 5 / additional content: 5 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print. The older video transfer often loses picture details to contrastiness, with burnt-out highlights resulting in lost facial details to closed-up shadows. Much of the transfer renders a reasonable range of greytones.
The film is accompanied by a compiled music score from preexisting jazz recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
Dancing Mothers (1926), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated, with At First Sight (1924), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10029-1.
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 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 7 February 2005.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 5 / additional content: 5 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print and is identical in presentation to the Grapevine Video edition noted above.
The film is accompanied by a compiled music score from preexisting jazz recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Hal Roach Presents Early Pathé Comedies (1920-1926), black & white, 120 minutes total, not rated, including At First Sight (1924), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7821D, UPC 0-89218-78219-9.
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 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 19 July 2016.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 2 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This low-budget DVD-R edition has been mastered from a poor 8mm reduction print, and the results are just awful.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
We do not recommend this below-average disc, as there are any number of better home video editions of this film noted above.
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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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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other silent era CHARLEY CHASE films available on home video.
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