|
SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2009 by Carl Bennett.
All Rights Reserved.
|
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
|