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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Idol Dancer
(1920)

This rarely-seen film from D.W. Griffith stars Clarine Seymour and Richard Barthelmess in this South Sea tale of morality versus humanity.

Seymour died a month after the film was released, at age 21, from complications of surgery for an intestinal blockage.

2004 Grapevine Video edition

The Idol Dancer (1920), black & white, 92 minutes, not rated,
with The Mountaineer’s Honor (1909), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, 10119, UPC 8-42614-10119-9.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 8 chapter stops, keep case, $19.95 (reduced to $14.95).
DVD release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This edition of the rare D.W. Griffith film has been mastered from very-good 16mm reduction print materials.

The film is accompanied anonymously by an electric organ and piano music score.

 

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R is available directly from Grapevine Video.

Other D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.

Other silent era RICHARD BARTHELMESS films available on home video.

 
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