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Terror Island
(1920)

 

Illusionist Harry Houdini stars in his second and last film for Adolph Zukor, made under the Realart Pictures banner.

coverKino International
2008 DVD edition

Houdini: The Movie Star (1918-1923), black & white, color-toned black & white, color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 450 minutes total, not rated,
including Terror Island (1920), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K563, UPC 7-38329-05632-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 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 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 160 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 12 chapter stops; three slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $39.95.
Release date: 8 April 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition presents Terror Island (1920) from an excellent but incomplete 35mm print (missing reels three and four) held by the Library of Congress. Missing footage is bridged by expository intertitles detailing the missing storyline.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Clark Wilson.

Also included in the collection is the serial The Master Mystery (1918-1919), an incomplete but reconstructed version from 35mm footage once held by Douris UK Ltd. (now held by the Cohen Media Group); the surviving 35mm footage from The Grim Game (1919) held by George Eastman Museum (5 minutes); the best available edition (of several) of The Man from Beyond (1922), having been mastered from the Library of Congress preservation version prepared from surviving 16mm print materials; and Haldane of the Secret Service (1923) from a very-good 35mm print held by Cinema Arts. The supplemental material includes documentary footage of Houdini escapes (circa 1907 through 1923), an audio recording of Houdini introducing his “Water Torture Cell” (1914), Slippery Jim (1910) a Houdini-inspired comedy, an examination of film scenes censored by the New York State Censor Board with correspondence, Houdini’s illusion “Metamorphosis” performed by Houdini’s brother Hardeen (4 minutes), image galleries, and film notes.

 
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