Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Lady Windermere’s
Fan
(1925)
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 National Film Preservation Foundation
2004 DVD edition
More Treasures from American Film Archives (1894-1931), black & white and color, 573 minutes total, not rated, including Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.
National Film Preservation Foundation,
distributed by Image Entertainment, NATD2271DVD,
UPC 0-14381-22712-3, ISBN 0-9747099-1-3.
Three single-sided, 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 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; three cardboard wrapped plastic trays in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 7 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition is the best available home video edition of the Ernst Lubitsch film.
Highly recommended. Still.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6793D, UPC 0-89218-67939-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 26 June 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film may be presented with a music score of preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 The Film Detective
2016 DVD edition
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, 120 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown catalog number, UPC 1-91091-18633-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ration 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 20 September 2016.
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 a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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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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 Synergy Entertainment
2007 DVD edition
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Synergy Entertainment,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ration 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 20 September 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an abridged 16mm reduction print.
Not recommended. From what we have heard, a horrible edition.
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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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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era ERNST LUBITSCH films available on home video.
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