Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Thirteenth
Chair
(1929)
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This all-talkie mystery drama, directed by Tod Browning, stars Conrad Nagel and Leila Hyams, with Margaret Wycherly, Holmes Herbert, Mary Forbes, Bela Lugosi, John Davidson, Charles Quartermaine, Moon Carroll, Cyril Chadwick and Bertram Johns.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2018 DVD edition
The Thirteenth Chair (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Thirteenth Chair (1937), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-88574-77107-2.
One single-sided, dual-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; $23.99.
Release date: 12 November 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from 35mm archival print elements.
The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
Supplementary material includes the 1937 remake starring May Whitty and Lewis Stone.
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
WARNER HOME VIDEO through . . .
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 Sinister Cinema
2025 DVD edition
The Thirteenth Chair (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, M675, 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; $12.95.
Release date: 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2026 DVD edition
The Thirteenth Chair (1929), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8706D, UPC 0-89218-87069-8.
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; $11.99.
Release date: 24 February 2026.
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 the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era TOD BROWNING films available on home video.
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