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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2009 by Carl Bennett.
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The John Barrymore
Collection
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Contains: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Sherlock Holmes (1922), The Beloved Rogue (1927), and Tempest (1928), plus Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925), and an exerpt from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).
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2009 Kino International edition
The John Barrymore Collection (1920-1928),
color-toned black & white and black & white, 399 minutes total, not rated,
including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), color-toned black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, Sherlock Holmes (1922), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated, The Beloved Rogue (1927), black & white, 98 minutes, not rated, Tempest (1928), black & white, 111 minutes, not rated, Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, and exerpts from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K656, UPC 7-38329-06562-1.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, four single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? 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, $69.95.
DVD release date: 7 July 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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 This new edition contains the previously available 2001 Kino 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). The films are accompanied by music scores by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, William P. Perry and Ben Model.
For reviews of the individual discs in the collection, see our review pages for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) on DVD home video, Sherlock Holmes (1922) on DVD home video, The Beloved Rogue (1927) on DVD home video, and Tempest (1928) on DVD home video.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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