Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Lonesome
(1928)
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This unusual romantic drama, directed by Paul Fejos, stars Glenn Tryon and the lovely Barbara Kent, with Fay Holderness, Gustav Partos and Eddie Phillips.
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 The Criterion Collection
2012 Blu-ray Disc edition
Lonesome (1928), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with The Last Performance (1929), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, and Broadway (1929), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, CC2174BD (collection number 623), UPC 7-15515-09791-8, ISBN 978-1-60465-621-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 1.19:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 36.5 Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 1.0 mono sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 1.0 mono sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 15 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 28 August 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been digitally mastered from a fine-grain 35mm restoration print that originates from an export version of the film with French language intertitles.
The film is accompanied by the original monaural soundtrack presented in uncompressed audio. Alternately, the film is presented with audio commentary by film historian Richard Koszarski.
The disc includes The Last Performance (1929) starring Conrad Veidt and the reconstruction version of Fejos’ musical Broadway (1929).
Supplemental material includes a 32-page booklet featuring essays by film critic Philip Lopate and historian Graham Petrie and an excerpt from a 1962 interview with Paul Fejos.
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This Region A Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 The Criterion Collection
2012 DVD edition
Lonesome (1928), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with The Last Performance (1929), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, and Broadway (1929), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, unknown catalog number (collection number 623), UPC 7-15515-09801-4, unknown ISBN number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.19:1 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) 1.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; plastic DVD trays in cardboard wrapper with cardboard slipcase?; $29.95.
Release date: 28 August 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a fine-grain 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by the original monaural soundtrack. Alternately, the film is presented with audio commentary by film historian Richard Koszarski.
The disc includes The Last Performance (1929) starring Conrad Veidt and the reconstruction version of Fejos’ musical Broadway (1929).
Supplemental material includes a 32-page booklet featuring essays by film critic Philip Lopate and historian Graham Petrie and an excerpt from a 1962 interview with Paul Fejos.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Rare Films and More
2026 DVD edition
The Crowd (1928), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, with Lonesome (1928), black & white, 68 minutes, not rated.
Rare Films and More, 4756, 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; $19.99.
Release date: February 2026.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from files pirated from an Internet streaming site or from another company’s home video edition.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score pirated from another company’s home video edition or a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions or pirating files from Internet streaming sites 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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