Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The
False Faces
(1919)
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This early role for Lon Chaney features him in a World War I espionage drama with Henry B. Walthall and Mary Anderson.
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The False Faces (1919), black & white, 105 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7639D, UPC 0-89218-76399-0.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 26 May 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Supplemental material includes a 1951 interview with Lon Chaney Jr.
Not likely to be a great presentation and sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Reel Vault
2015 DVD edition
The False Faces (1919), black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.
Reel Vault, unknown catalog number, UPC 6-44827-15742-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 13 July 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film may be accompanied by a custom music score.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
REEL VAULT through . . .
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 Classic Video Streams
2009 DVD edition
The Actors: Rare Films of Lon Chaney, Sr. (1917-1919), black & white, 121 minutes total, not rated, including The False Faces (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Classic Video Streams,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 31 August 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of two early Lon Chaney feature films, both with Chaney in supporting roles, has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The False Faces (1919), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other WORLD WAR I FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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