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The Silent Man
(1917)

2008 Alpha Video edition

The Silent Man (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with Blue Blazes Rawden (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Video, ALP 5719D, UPC 0-89218-57199-1.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $7.98.
DVD release date: 30 December 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This double-feature edition has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2005 Sinister Cinema edition

The Silent Man (1917), black & white, 47 minutes, not rated.

Sinister Cinema, W348D, no UPC number.
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, 10 chapter stops, keep case, $11.95.
DVD release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print. Occasionally a little “SC” logo appears in the lower right-hand corner of the picture.

The film is accompanied by a compilation of preexisting recordings from a variety of audio sources.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R is available directly from Sinister Cinema.

Other WILLIAM S. HART films available on home video.

Other silent era WESTERN films available on home video.

William S. Hart filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List

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