Reviews of silent film releases on home video. Copyright © 1999-2026 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

Salute (1929)

This military drama, directed by David Butler and John Ford, stars George O’Brien and Helen Chandler, with support from William Janney, Lincoln Perry, Frank Albertson, Joyce Compton, Cliff Dempsey, Ward Bond, John Wayne, Lumsden Hare and David Butler.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a VHS videotape recording of an AMC cable television broadcast of a 35mm reduction print held by the George Eastman Museum film archive. The resolution level of VHS makes for a picture with a good grayscale range but blurred image details. Watchable but not good. The initial copy of this DVD-R disc we received contained many playback errors that would freeze frame the picture until the player could recover.

The film is accompanied by its original synchronized soundtrack, which was cleaned up for the AMC master.

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.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .

Other silent era JOHN WAYNE films available on home video.