Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Seven Keys to
Baldpate
(1917)
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This mystery comedy, directed by Hugh Ford, stars George M. Cohan and Anna Q. Nilsson, with Elda Furry (Hedda Hopper), Corene Uzzell, Joseph Smiley, Armand Cortes and C. Warren Cook.
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 Grapevine Video
2016 DVD edition
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated, with The Cure (1917), black & white, 21 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 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; $14.95.
Release date: 22 June 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This upgraded DVD-R edition has likely been remastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Supplemental material includes a Charles Chaplin short.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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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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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated, with The Cure (1917), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10227-1.
One single-sided, single-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; $14.95.
Release date: 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Supplemental material includes a Charles Chaplin short.
This home video edition is out-of-print, replaced by the upgraded edition noted above.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6845D, UPC 0-89218-68459-2.
One single-sided, single-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; $6.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 30 October 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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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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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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