Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Hole
in the Wall
(1929)
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This full-sound crime drama, directed by Robert Florey, stars Claudette Colbert and David Newell, with Edward G. Robinson, Nelly Savage, Donald Meek, Alan Brooks, Louise Closser Hale, Katherine Emmet, Marcia Kagno, Barry Macollum and George MacQuarrie.
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 Alpha Video
2025 DVD edition
The Hole in the Wall (1929), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8682D, UPC 0-89218-86829-9.
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; $9.99.
Release date: 26 August 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 likely accompanied by the film’s 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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 Sinister Cinema
2025 DVD edition
The Hole in the Wall (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, M680, 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; $12.95.
Release date: 2025
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Hole in the Wall (1929), black & white, 73 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 the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other CRIME FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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