Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Home Sweet Home
(1914)
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This drama, directed by D.W. Griffith, stars Henry B. Walthall and Lillian Gish, with Dorothy Gish, Fay Tincher, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Spottiswoode Aitken, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Donald Crisp, James Kirkwood, Jack Pickford, Courtenay Foote, Blanche Sweet and Owen Moore.
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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
Home Sweet Home (1914), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8606D, UPC 0-89218-86069-9.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 28 May 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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 from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Home Sweet Home (1914), black & white, 55 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: 201?.
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 D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.
Other silent era LILLIAN GISH films available on home video.
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