Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Wolfblood
(1925)
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This northwoods drama, directed by Bruce Mitchell and George Chesebro, stars Marguerite Clayton and George Chesebro, with Ray Hanford, Roy Watson, Milburn Morante, Frank Clark and Jack Cosgrave.
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 Alpha Video
2008 DVD edition
The Haunted Castle (1921), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, with Wolfblood (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 5643D, UPC 0-89218-56439-9.
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; German and English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 26 August 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film may be accompanied by a modern music score.
Given the quality of other Alpha Video discs, even sight unseen, we do not recommend this edition.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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