Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Silent Man
(1917)
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 Alpha Video
2008 DVD edition
The Silent Man (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Blue Blazes Rawden (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 5719D, UPC 0-89218-57199-1.
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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 30 December 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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The film is likely accompanied by a modern music score.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Sinister Cinema
2005 DVD edition
The Silent Man (1917), black & white, 47 minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, W348, 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 foreign language subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $11.95 (reduced to $8.95).
Release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print. Occasionally a little “SC” logo appears in the lower right-hand corner of the picture.
The film is accompanied by a compilation of preexisting recordings from a variety of audio sources
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other WILLIAM S. HART films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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William S. Hart filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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