Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Witness for
the Defense
(1919)
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This Paramount drama, directed by George Fitzmaurice, stars Elsie Ferguson and Vernon Steel, with Warner Oland, Wyndham Standing, George Fitzgerald, J.H. Gilmore, Amelia Summerville, Cora Williams and Blanche Standing.
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 Grapevine Video
2023 DVD edition
The Witness for the Defense (1919), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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; $19.95.
Release date: May 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from the sole known surviving print held by the Gosfilmofond film archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
This is our recommenmded home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Witness for the Defense (1919), black & white, 50 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: 4 March 2025
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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