Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Castles for Two
(1917)
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This feature-length drama, directed by Frank Reicher, stars Marie Doro and Elliott Dexter, with Mayme Kelso, Jane Wolff, Harriet Sorenson, Lillian Leighton, Julia Jackson, Horace B. Carpenter and William Elmer.
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 Grapevine Video
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition
Marie Doro Double Feature (1917), black & white, 103 minutes total, not rated, including Lost and Won (1917), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated, with Castles for Two (1917), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: September 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition has been mastered from archival 35mm film elements held by the Library of Congress. Some footage is marked by advanced nitrate decomposition.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Supplemental material includes the Doro feature Castles for Two (1917).
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2021 DVD edition
Marie Doro Double Feature (1917), black & white, 103 minutes total, not rated, including Lost and Won (1917), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated, with Castles for Two (1917), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44514-7.
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; $19.95.
Release date: September 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from archival 35mm film elements held by the Library of Congress. Some footage is marked by advanced nitrate decomposition.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Supplemental material includes the Doro feature Castles for Two (1917).
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Edward Lorusso
2021 DVD edition
Lost and Won (1917), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated, with Castles for Two (1917), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, 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; $25.00.
Release date: 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition, originally crowdfunded through Kickstarter.com, has been mastered from archival 35mm film elements held by the Library of Congress. Some footage is marked by advanced nitrate decomposition. Edition produced for home video by Edward Lorusso and Joe Harvat.
The film may be accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.
Supplemental material includes the Doro feature Castles for Two (1917).
This out-of-print edition has been rereleased by Grapevine Video. See notes above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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