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The Devil’s Needle
and Other Tales of
Vice and Redemption
(1913-1916)

Contents: The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913), Children of Eve (1915) and The Devil’s Needle (1916).

This collection of social dramas focuses primarily on drug use and of human explotation in America.

2012 Kino Classics Blu-ray Disc edition

The Devil’s Needle and Other Tales of Vice and Redemption (1913-1916), black & white, 194 minutes total, not rated,
including The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913), black & white, 28 minutes, not rated, Children of Eve (1915), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, and The Devil’s Needle (1916), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K994, UPC 7-38329-09942-8.
Pillarboxed 16:9 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, one single-sided Blu-ray 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, standard BD keepcase in cardboard slipcase, $39.95.
DVD release date: 3 July 2012.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

This Blu-ray Disc editon has been mastered in high-definition from 35mm print materials held by the Library of Congress. The prints range in quality from good to very-good.

Musical accompaniment is provided by Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and Ben Model.

Our reviews of the films in this collection can be found on our The Devil’s Needle on Home Video page, our Children of Eve on Home Video page, and our The Inside of the White Slave Traffic on Home Video page.

The disc’s supplemental material includes outtakes from the fire sequences of Children of Eve (8 minutes) and raw surviving footage of The Inside of the White Slave Traffic at 24 frames-per-second (19 minutes).

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase this Region-Free Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase helps support the Silent Era website.

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United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase this Region-Free Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.co.uk. Your purchase supports the Silent Era website.

2012 Kino Classics DVD edition

Kino Lorber, K994, UPC 7-38329-09942-8.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, 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, two-disc standard DVD keepcase, $39.95.
DVD release date: 3 July 2012.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD editon has been mastered in high-definition from 35mm print materials held by the Library of Congress. The prints range in quality from good to very-good.

Musical accompaniment is provided by Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and Ben Model.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase helps support the Silent Era website.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase helps support the Silent Era website.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Your purchase helps support the Silent Era website.

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