Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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and the Silent Era Company.
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Clash of
the Wolves
(1925)
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This adventure drama, directed by Noel Mason Smith, stars Rin-Tin-Tin, with Charles Farrell, June Marlowe, Heinie Conklin, Will Walling and Pat Hartigan.
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 Kino Classics
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition
Clash of the Wolves (1925), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with Where the North Begins (1923), color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K26299, UPC 7-38329-26299-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 38.6 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.7 Mbps average audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 7 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 20 June 2023.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered at 4K high-resolution from a very-good to excellent archival 35mm print. The scan has not been digitally stabilized or cleaned as dust, speckling, schmutz, a number of vertical scratches, frame instability, and other print flaws remain. Nonetheless, very pleasant viewing.
The film is presented with a music score composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by Ben Model.
Supplemental material includes a second Rin-Tin-Tin feature, Where the North Begins (1923); and audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
This review was updated in 2026.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc is available directly from . . .
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 National Film Preservation Foundation
2004 DVD edition
More Treasures from American Film Archives (1894-1931), black & white, color-tinted black & white, color-toned black & white, and color, 573 minutes total, not rated, including Clash of the Wolves (1925), black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.
National Film Preservation Foundation,
distributed by Image Entertainment, NATD2271DVD,
UPC 0-14381-22712-3, ISBN 0-9747099-1-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 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 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; 200-page insert book; three cardboard wrapped plastic trays in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 7 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm print held by the Library of Congress. Dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, and other print flaws are present in the picture.
The film is accompanied by a music score arranged and performed on piano by Martin Marks.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary on the films by 17 critics, historians and preservationists, including Paolo Cherchi Usai, Robert Gitt, Tom Gunning and Patrick Loughney; and a 200-page book of program notes.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
This review was updated in 2026.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Clash of the Wolves (1925), black & white, 74 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 13 January 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from 16mm reduction print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2021 DVD edition
Clash of the Wolves (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8467D, UPC 0-89218-84679-2.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 7 December 2021.
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 a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era RIN-TIN-TIN films available on home video.
Other silent era ANIMAL STARS films available on home video.
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