Silent Era Information*Progressive Silent Film List*Lost Films*People*Theatres
Taylorology*Articles*Home Video*Books*Search
 
Pandora's Box BD
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  Home Video  >  Lightning Hutch
 
Silent Era Films on Home Video
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.

Lightning Hutch
(1926)

 

This 10-chapter serial, directed by Charles Hutchison, stars Charles Hutchison and Edith Thornton, with Sheldon Lewis, Eddie Phillips, Violet Schram, Ben Walker and Virginia Pearson.

Grapevine Video
2004 DVD edition

Lightning Hutch (1926), color-tinted black & white, 230 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-46214-10011-8.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 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 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 6.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered in a full-frame analog video transfer from very-good 35mm print materials, resulting in a relatively pleasant viewing experience. There is the usual amount of dust, speckling, schmutz, and other flaws in the source prints.

The serial is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from abruptly-edited preexisting music recordings.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

 
USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
coverLoving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Lightning Hutch (1926), black & white, 230 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
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.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  Home Video  >  Lightning Hutch
 
Lodger BD
Become a Patron of Silent Era

LINKS IN THIS COLUMN
WILL TAKE YOU TO
EXTERNAL WEBSITES

SUPPORT SILENT ERA
USING THESE LINKS
WHEN SHOPPING AT
AMAZON

AmazonUS
AmazonCA
AmazonUK

Little Rascals Vol 1 BD

Beloved Rogue BD

Hitchcock: Beginning BD

Cat and the Canary Standard BD

Charley Chase 1927 BD

Capra at Columbia UHD/BD

Seven Chances/Sherlock Jr BD

L&H Year 2 BD

Caligari UHD

Pandora's Box BD

The Bat BD

Billy Bevan BD

Feuillade Box BD

Dragon Painter BD