Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Net
(1916)
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This feature drama, directed by George Foster Platt, stars Bert Delaney and Marian Swayne, with Inda Palmer, Ethel Jewett, Arthur Bauer, Morgan Jones and William P. Burt.
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 Thanhouser Company
Film Preservation
2020 DVD edition
The Net (1916), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation,
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; $9.95.
Release date: 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm nitrate print held by the National Library of Norway.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Günter A. Buchwald.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary by professor Kathryn Fuller-Seeley.
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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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Net (1916), black & white, 59 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: 20 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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