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The Saturday Night
Kid
(1929)
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This early sound comedy-drama, directed by Edward Sutherland, stars Clara Bow and Jean Arthur, with James Hall, Edna May Oliver, Charles Sellon, Ethel Wales, Hyman Meyer and Jean Harlow.
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 Alpha Video
2025 DVD edition
The Saturday Night Kid (1929), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8664D, UPC 0-89218-86649-3.
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 ? 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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 25 March 2025.
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 presented with its original synchronized soundtrack.
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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Saturday Night Kid (1929), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no 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: 202?
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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Prowlin’ Productions
2004 DVD edition
A Double Dose of . . . Clara Bow, Volume 4 (1924), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including The Saturday Night Kid (1929), color-tinted black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with Call Her Savage (1931), black & white, 90 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 1-74135-72010-0.
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 2.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); LPCM 1.0 mono sound encoded at 1.5 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 9 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 2 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a multigenerational VHS videotape dupe from what appears to be a 16mm reduction print. The results look awful.
The film is presented with its original synchronized soundtrack, in all its hissing glory.
Supplemental material includes a Clara Bow sound film; and a worthless section of Clara Bow trivia.
A terrible-looking disc. Try the substandard Alpha Video edition noted above instead.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era CLARA BOW films available on home video.
Other silent era JEAN ARTHUR films available on home video.
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