Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett
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Stella Dallas
(1925)
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This drama, directed by Henry King, stars Belle Bennett and Ronald Colman, with Alice Joyce, Lois Moran, Jean Hersholt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Charles Lane.
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Stella Dallas (1925), black & white, 110 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, 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; $14.99.
Release date: January 2025
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 music recordings.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Sunrise Silents
2005 DVD edition
Stella Dallas (1925), color-tinted black & white, 106 minutes, not rated, with Dash Through the Clouds (1912), color-tinted black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, and Mystery of the Double Cross (1917) [episode 3: “An Hour to Live”], color-tinted black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.
Sunrise Silents,
SDBB-N (NTSC) and SDBB-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, PCM stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $23.95.
Release date: 21 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition reveals a natural-speed windowboxed video transfer from a very-good to excellent 16mm reduction print. There is the normal amount of speckling and dust in the print, but overall viewing is a pleasure.
The disc features adequate and appropriate musical accompaniment performed on a MIDI-based digital piano that compliments the spirit of the film. The accompaniment is thoughtfully compiled and seamlessly presented.
The disc also contains an introduction by Rich Olivieri (12 minutes), Claire Windsor’s home movies, which includes unidentified clips from Claire Windsor films (possible outtakes and camera tests) and home footage of Windsor, Dolores Del Rio, Marion Davies, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Rudolph Valentino, Eddie Sutherland, Adolph Menjou and Charles Chaplin (9 minutes), a Biograph comedy, a serial episode, and Lois Moran and theatrical glass slides stills galleries for a complete evening’s entertainment.
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SUNRISE SILENTS has discontinued business and this edition is . . .
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Other silent era HENRY KING films available on home video.
Other silent era RONALD COLMAN films available on home video.
Other silent era JEAN HERSHOLT films available on home video.
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