Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Doctor Jack
(1922)
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This feature-length comedy, directed by Fred Newmeyer, stars Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis, with John T. Prince, Eric Mayne [Doctor Ludwig von Saulsbourg], C. Norman Hammond, Anna Townsend, Mickey Daniels, Jackie Condon, Charles E. Stevenson, Richard Daniels and William Gillespie.
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 New Line Home Entertainment
2005 DVD edition
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 2 (1919-1930), black & white and color-toned black & white, 466 minutes total, not rated, including Doctor Jack (1922), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
New Line Home Entertainment, N8447,
UPC 7-94043-84472-0, ISBN 0-7806-5290-8.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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, optional English and Spanish language subtitles; closed captions; 8 chapter stops; and one dual-sided, dual-layered (side A)/single-layered (side B) Region 1 NTSC DVD 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, optional English and Spanish language subtitles; closed captions; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 15 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD collection features the best-available editions of these wonderful films, and we recommend it highly.
The film is accompanied by an orchestral music score arranged an conducted by Robert Israel.
It may be out-of-print but this remains our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Unknown Video
2004 DVD edition
Doctor Jack (1922), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated.
Unknown 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $18.95 (raised to $19.95).
Release date: 22 November 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of Dr. Jack has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The presentation features an electric organ musical accompaniment performed by Bob Vaughn.
If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.
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UNKNOWN VIDEO has discontinued business and this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Reel Classic DVD
200? DVD edition
Doctor Jack (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Captain Kidd’s Kids (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-80522-1.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.00.
Release date: 200?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
Both films accompanied by a music score performed by Jack Theakston.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
REEL CLASSIC DVD through . . .
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 Alpha Video
2020 DVD edition
Doctor 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 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; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
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 silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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