Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
Leopard Woman
(1920)
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This B-studio adventure drama, directed by Wesley Ruggles, stars Louise Glaum, with House Peters and Noble Johnson.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Leopard Woman (1920), black & white, 71 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; $14.95.
Release date: August 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
The Leopard Woman (1920), color-toned black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7506D, UPC 0-89218-75069-3.
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 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 28 October 2014.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 0 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 8mm reduction print that is soft in image detail and often loses highlight details in a blur of solid white. The full-frame video transfer is in itself OK but is compromised by high disc compression. A moderate amount of dust, speckling, and other print flaws are present in the picture.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fidelity orchestral music recordings that are crudely edited together.
This review was updated in 2026.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
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