Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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All Night
(1918)
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This early film for Rudolph Valentino also stars the engaging Carmel Myers.
A young couple is convinced by friends to post as a married couple to impress an eccentric millionaire who is needed as an investor in a business venture. This early Man-Who-Came-To-Dinner comedy plays well enough as light entertainment.
This film may be collectible for Valentino’s presence, but we think that All Night is a prime opportunity to watch an early performance by Carmel Myers.
— Carl Bennett
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
All Night (1918), color-toned black & white, 57 minutes, not rated, with One A.M. (1916), color-toned black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10083-3.
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 6.5 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); MPEG-2 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: September 2005.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 5 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from the only known surviving print, a good 16mm reduction print that is soft of image details and contrasty, with plugged-up shadows and featureless highlights. It does appear that brief sections of the film are missing, as some transitions between sections of scenes are abrupt. And, there is nitrate decomposition in the final minutes of the original source print that was copied to make this print.
The film is accompanied by a compilation soundtrack of vintage recordings that have been processed for mock stereo.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
All Night (1918), black & white, 58 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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other RUDOLPH VALENTINO films available on home video.
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