 Delta Entertainment
2004 DVD edition
The History of Cinema (1915-1927), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including The Birth of a Nation (1915), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated, Intolerance (1916), black & white, 167 minutes, not rated, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated, Orphans of the Storm (1921), black & white, 150 minutes, not rated, Nosferatu (1922), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, Battleship Potemkin (1925), black & white, 119 minutes, not rated, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), black & white, 107 minutes, not rated, The General (1926), black & white, 107 minutes, not rated, The Beloved Rogue (1927), black & white, 98 minutes, not rated, and Metropolis (1927), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated.
Delta Entertainment, 89 133, UPC 0-18111-91339-3.
Eight single-sided, single-layered and dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; eight standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $89.99.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD boxset includes twelve silent era films from Delta Entertainment relesed in 2004. Delta also released an abbreviated boxset of eight silent era films (deleting four films in this set) under the same title.
For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this boxset, see our The Birth of a Nation on home video, Intolerance on home video, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on home video, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on home video, Orphans of the Storm on home video, Nosferatu on home video, The Hunchback of Notre Dame on home video, Battleship Potemkin on home video, The Phantom of the Opera on home video, The General on home video, The Beloved Rogue on home video and Metropolis on home video pages.
As one can see from our reviews of the individual films, none of the DVD editions included in this boxset are recommended as all are available in better-looking home video editions on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. This boxset is out-of print.
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DELTA ENTERTAINMENT has discontinued business and this Region 0 NTSC DVD boxset is . . .
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