Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The False Road
(1920)
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This crime drama, directed by Fred Niblo, stars Enid Bennett and Lloyd Hughes, with Wade Boteler, Lucille Young, Charles Smiley and Edith Yorke.
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 Grapevine Video
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition
The False Road (1920), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with The Fireman (1916), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: September 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered at high-resolution from an archival print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended 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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 Grapevine Video
2021 DVD edition
The False Road (1920), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with The Fireman (1916), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44499-7.
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: September 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered at high-resolution from an archival print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
This is our recommended DVD 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 False Road (1920), black & white, 60 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 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 10 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.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions or pirating television network recordings to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era LLOYD HUGHES films available on home video.
Other CRIME FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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