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Added review of
the Harpodeon edition of
A Florida Enchantment
(1914)

Added review of
the Flicker Alley edition of
Monte Cristo (1922)

Added review of
the Mont Alto edition of
The General (1926)

Added review of
the Sunrise Silents
remastered edition of
Hula (1927)

Added review of
the Sinister Cinema and
Alpha Video editions of
Daughter of the Night (1920)

Added review of
the Grapevine edition of
Dangerous Traffic (1926)

Added review of
the Encore edition of
The Narrow Trail (1917)

Added review of
the Sunrise Silents edition of
Ella Cinders (1926)

Added review of
the Grapevine edition of
The Heart of a Hero (1916)

Added review of
the Kino edition of
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)

Added review of
Grapevine Video’s collection
D.W. Griffith, Director,
Volume 6
(1910)

Added review of
the Flicker Alley edition of
Bardelys the Magnificent
(1926)

Added review of
the Kino edition of
Tempest (1928)

Added review of
the Grapevine edition of
The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) and Monte-Cristo (1929)

Added review of
the Kino edition of
Sherlock Holmes (1922)

Added review of
the Alpha edition of
Outside the Law (1920)
and The Trap (1922)

Added review of
the Kino edition of
The Beloved Rogue (1927)

Added review of
the Encore edition of
The Scar of Shame (1927)

Added review of
the VAI edition of
Carmen (1915)

Added review of
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)

Expanded review of
the Kino edition of
Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Added review of
the MGM/Fox edition of
The Lodger (1926)

Added review of
the Flicker Alley edition of
The Mark of Zorro (1920)

Added review of
The Yankee Clipper (1927)

Added review of
the collection
Under Full Sail: Silent Cinema
on the High Seas
(1922-1933)

Added review of
the Fox edition of
City Girl (1929)

Added review of
Fox’s new edition of
Sunrise (1927)

Added review of
the Mont Alto edition of
The Mark of Zorro (1920)

Added review of
The Wicked Darling (1919)

Added review of
Victory (1919)

Added review of
The Story of Petroleum (1923)

Added review of
Will Rogers, Performer
by Richard J. Maturi and
Mary Buckingham Maturi

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Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838-1952 by Ray Zone

Kino Lorber (USA) has announced their NTSC DVD editions of four films starring the Talmadge sisters. Kiki (1926) features Norma Talmadge and Ronald Colman, and is coupled with Within the Law (1923) which pairs Norma with Lew Cody. Her Night of Romance (1924) stars Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman, and is presented with Her Sister from Paris (1925) which again couples Constance and Ronald. Both discs will be released 16 March 2010.
 
Flicker Alley (USA) and Film Preservation Associates (USA) has announced their NTSC DVD collection Georges Méliès: Encore (1896-1911), a 26-film, single-disc adjunct to their five-disc collection of Méliès short films, Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913). The disc, produced in conjunction will Lobster Films, Paris, will be available 16 February 2010.
 
Warner Home Video (USA) has released additional silent films on NTSC DVD-Rs in their Warner Archive Collection. The Pagan (1929) starring Ramon Novarro and Renée Adorée, and Weary River (1929) starring Richard Barthelmess and Betty Compson.
 
David B. Pearson has added more than 3000 new images of silent era actors and actresses to his Silent Ladies and Gents website.
 
Grapevine Video (USA) has released four new silent film NTSC DVD-Rs. The Burning Soil (1922) directed by F.W. Murnau, The Drop Kick (1927) starring Richard Barthelmess, The Return of Grey Wolf (1925) starring Leader the dog, and Up in Mabel’s Room (1926) starring Marie Prevost.
 
Warner Home Video (USA) has released five new silent film NTSC DVD-Rs in their Warner Archive Collection. La Bohème (1926) directed by King Vidor and starring Lillian Gish and John Gilbert, Wild Oranges (1924) directed by Vidor and starring Frank Mayo and Ford Sterling, Tide of Empire (1929) directed by Allan Dwan and starring Renée Adorée and George Duryea, Captain Salvation (1927) starring Lars Hanson and Ernest Torrence, White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) starring Monte Blue, and The Flying Fleet (1929) starring Ramon Novarro, Ralph Graves and Anita Page.
 
Harpodeon (USA) has released four new silent film NTSC DVD-Rs. Vanity Fair (1911), The Sky Pilot (1921) directed by King Vidor, Queen Elizabeth (1912) starring Sarah Bernhardt, and Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919) starring Ford Sterling.
 
Bruce Long, editor of Taylorology (an examination of the murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor), has kindly allowed us to add a Taylorology mirror site to the Silent Era website. Explore myriad information regarding the murder, compiled by Long over many years, here.
 
Flicker Alley (USA) and Film Preservation Associates (USA) has released their NTSC DVD edition of the Soviet homage to serial films, Miss Mend (1926). A joint production with Lobster Films, Paris, the presentation features musical accompaniment by Robert Israel.
 
Grapevine Video (USA) has released four new silent film NTSC DVD-Rs. Films of Edwin S. Porter (1898-1905), 21 short films from the pioneering Edison director/cameraman, That Girl Montana (1921) starring Blanche Sweet, Shore Leave (1925) starring Richard Barthelmess, and The Grey Vulture (1926) starring Ken Maynard.
 
On 1 November 2009, the Silent Era website celebrated its 10th anniversary. Editor and publisher Carl Bennett shares a few thoughts about the website’s history and future goals.
 
Kino International (USA) has released their two-disc NTSC DVD collection Avant-Garde 3: Experimental Cinema 1922-1954 (1922-1954). Four silent era films are included.
 
Kino International (USA) has released their Blu-ray Disc of The General (1926). The two-disc edition has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain positive struck from the original camera negative.
 
Grapevine Video (USA) has released four new silent film NTSC DVD-Rs. Burning Daylight (1928), from a Jack London novel, starring Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon, aviation serial Eagle of the Night (1928), Mickey (1918) starring Mabel Normand, with two versions of the film in the 2-disc set, and Secrets of the Night (1924) starring James Kirkwood and Madge Bellamy.
 
Looser Than Loose (USA) has released their NTSC DVD-R short comedies collection Polite Society: Five Short Films of Class and Distinction (1914-1927) featuring Earle Foxe and Sydney Chaplin.
 
Sunrise Silents (USA) has released their remastered NTSC and PAL DVD-R editions of Hula (1927) starring Clara Bow. The discs feature an improved video transfer.
 
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation (USA) has released their NTSC DVD-R edition of The Thanhouser Collection, DVD Volumes 10, 11 and 12 (1910-1916).
 
Eureka Video (England) has released their Blu-ray Disc Masters of Cinema edition of Sunrise (1927), with both the domestic Movietone soundtrack version (with optional Olympia Chamber Orchestra score) and the Czech silent version.
 
Grapevine Video (USA) has released their NTSC DVD double feature edition of Sappho (1921) starring Pola Negri and Backstairs (1921) starring Henny Porten.
 
Kino International (USA) has released their NTSC DVD boxset Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913 (1897-1913). The three-disc set collects more than 75 films that focuses on the Gaumont productions of French directors Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade and Léonce Perret.
 
Sunrise Silents (USA) has released their remastered NTSC and PAL DVD-R editions of Ella Cinders (1926) starring Colleen Moore. The discs feature a new video transfer from an original color-toned Kodascope print. Also available is a digital CD-R edition of the August 1920 issue of Photoplay Magazine.
 
Unknown Video (USA) has released WhizBang, Volume 1 (1921-1928), a collection of the feature film Guardians of the Wild (1928) and three two-reeler action films.
 
Edition Filmmuseum (Germany) has released the first high-quality DVD edition of Die freudlose Gasse [The Joyless Street] (1925) starring Greta Garbo and Asta Nielsen. The 2-disc edition can only be viewed on PAL DVD players. A comparable NTSC DVD edition announcement should come soon.
 
Sunrise Silents (USA) has released their remastered NTSC and PAL DVD-R editions of Mantrap (1926) starring Clara Bow and Ernest Torrence. The disc features a new video transfer from improved source materials. Also released is a digital CD-R edition of the July 1918 issue of Photoplay Magazine.
 
All Day Entertainment (USA) has released their four-disc NTSC DVD-R collection Becoming Charley Chase (1915-1926). The collection covers Chase’s career from Keystone to Hal Roach, with accompaniment by Ben Model, the Snark Ensemble, Redwine Jazz, and the West End Jazz Band.
 
Flicker Alley (USA) and Film Preservation Associates (USA) has released their two-disc NTSC DVD set, Bardelys the Magnificent and Monte Cristo – Lost Films of John Gilbert (1922-1926), a joint production with Lobster Films, Paris, presenting two films that were previously presumed lost, Monte Cristo (1922) and Bardelys the Magnificent (1926).
 
Kino International (USA) has released their NTSC DVD boxset The John Barrymore Collection (1920-1928). The four-disc set will include their previously available 2001 edition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), two new DVD editions of The Beloved Rogue (1927) and Tempest (1928), and the first quality home video release of the George Eastman House reconstruction of Sherlock Holmes (1922).
 
Warner Bros. Home Video (USA) has released their latest round of small-run DVD-R releases in their Warner Archive Collection. In the 16 June 2009 releases, seven more silent era titles are now available for direct-sale through Warner Home Video’s Warner Archive Collection website, including Beau Brummel (1924), The Better ’ole (1926), The Divine Lady (1929), The First Auto (1927), Old San Francisco (1927), The Sea Hawk (1924), and When a Man Loves (1927). Go to the site to vote on future silent film releases in the Warner Archive series.
 
Grapevine Video (USA) has released their NTSC DVD-R editions of D.W. Griffith, Director Volume 6 (1910) a collection of nine films, plus the feature films Dangerous Traffic (1926), The Family Secret (1924) and The Heart of a Hero (1916).
 
McFarland & Company (USA) has published the detailed and illustrated 299-page book Silent Film Stars on the Stages of Seattle: A History of Performances by Hollywood Notables by Eric L. Flom.
 
Flicker Alley (USA) and Film Preservation Associates (USA) have released their next NTSC DVD collection, Under Full Sail: Silent Cinema on the High Seas (1922-1933), presenting the DeMille-produced feature The Yankee Clipper (1927) in its high-quality DVD debut, a lengthy 1922 feature-film whale-hunting exerpt, and three nautical short films.
 
Warner Bros. Home Video (USA) has introduced a new line of small-run DVD-R releases in their Warner Archive Collection. Of the 150 Warner catalog titles that kick-off the series on 24 March 2009, 13 silent era titles have been announced for direct-sale through Warner Home Video’s Warner Archive Collection website, including Exit Smiling (1926), The Kiss (1929), Love (1927), The Red Lily (1924), The Red Mill (1927), Scaramouche (1923), The Single Standard (1929), The Smart Set (1928), Souls For Sale (1923), Spring Fever (1927), The Temptress (1926), The Trail of ’98 (1928), and Wild Orchids (1929).
 
John Libbey Publishing (England) has published Paul Spehr’s biography of cinema pioneer W.K.L. Dickson, The Man Who Made Movies: W.K.L. Dickson.
 
Looser Than Loose Publishing (USA) has released their latest collection of Laurel and Hardy related films, The Larger World of Laurel & Hardy, Volume 9 (1915-1930).
 
20th Century Fox Home Video (USA) has released a mammoth NTSC DVD collection of films directed by F.W. Murnau and Frank Borzage for Fox Film Corporation in the 1920s and 1930s, Murnau, Borzage and Fox (1925-1932). The 12-disc collection includes the silent films Lazybones (1925), Sunrise (1927), 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), Lucky Star (1929) and City Girl (1929).
 
Flicker Alley (USA) and Film Preservation Associates (USA) have released a new NTSC DVD collection, Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer (1916-1921). The digitally-mastered five-disc set features eleven of Fairbanks’ early films, including five previously unavailable on DVD. Note: A few DVD players have encountered problems playing some discs in this boxset. Flicker Alley has inititated a program to replace defective discs from this Fairbanks set. Click here to report defective discs.
 
Sunrise Silents (USA) has released their NTSC DVD-R edition of the final seven chapters of A Woman in Grey (1920) starring Arlene Pretty.
 
Kino International (USA) has released a new NTSC DVD boxset entitled Griffith Masterworks 2 (1909-1931). The multidisc set features new high-definition video transfers of three D.W. Griffith silent era features, a short, and Griffith’s two sound films. The Avenging Conscience (1914) with Edgar Allan Poe (1909), Way Down East (1920), Sally of the Sawdust (1925), and Abraham Lincoln (1930) with The Struggle (1931), and is accompanied by the three-part documentary D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993) by Photoplay Productions, all also available separately.
 
 
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