Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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His Royal Slyness
(1919)
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 Kino on Video
2004 DVD edition
The Harold Lloyd Collection (1918-1922), black & white, 207 minutes total, not rated,
including His Royal Slyness (1919), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K367, UPC 0-38329-03672-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 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 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $39.95 (reduced to $29.95).
Release date: 3 August 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of Harold Lloyd films was produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris.
The films are accompanied by music scores by Neil Brand.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Passport Video
2007 DVD edition
Smiles and Spectacles: A Harold Lloyd Treasury (1917-1947), black & white, 600 minutes total, not rated, including His Royal Slyness (1919), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated.
Passport Video, DVD-5160, UPC 0-25493-51609-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (five DVDs in the set); 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops; double-wide five-disc DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 13 February 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD edition has mainly been mastered from 16mm print materials.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2020 DVD edition
Dr. Jack (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with His Royal Slyness (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and High and Dizzy (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8322D, UPC 0-89218-83229-0.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 17 March 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a reduction print.
The films may be accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era HAROLD LLOYD films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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