Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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So This is Love
(1928)
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This feature drama, directed by Frank Capra, stars Shirley Mason and William Collier Jr., with Johnnie Walker, Ernie Adams, Carl Gerard, William H. Strauss and Jean Laverty.
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 Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
Frank Capra at Columbia (1928-2024), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including
So This is Love (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 18 standard BD keepcases in cardboard library box; $230.99.
Release date: 19 November 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from the best surviving archival materials.
The film is likely accompanied by a custom music score.
Supplemental material includes the full-length documentary, Frank Capra: Mr. America (2024).
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
So This is Love (1928), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
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 soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era FRANK CAPRA films available on DVD home video.
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