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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2009 by Carl Bennett.
All Rights Reserved.
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The Light in the Dark
[The Light of Faith]
(1922) |
The Light in the Dark (1922), originally produced by star Hope Hampton, has survived only in a drastically-edited three-reel version prepared and retitled The Light of Faith by a Christian organization in the 1930s. The film was used in its abridged form as an inspirational film.
The tale of redemption, by way of the Holy Grail, is an average romance drama of its day. It is difficult to determine, in its half-length abridged form, whether the film was ever anything more. — Carl Bennett
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 2000 Image Entertainment edition
The Light of Faith (1922), color-tinted and color-toned black & white,
32 minutes, not rated,
with Oliver Twist (1922), color-tinted and toned black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID5835DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-58352-6.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, 5 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 9 chapter stops, snapper case, $24.99.
DVD release date: 29 August 2000.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 9 / audio: 5 / additional content: 6 / overall: 7. |
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 The 35mm print utilized for the video transfer is excellent, with crisp details and a broad range of graytones. The print is only slightly compromised by a few splices, light speckling and scarce emulsion damage.
The film is accompanied by a piano score performed by Hank Troy, which is presented in sporadically-crackling mono sound with a high-cycle audio whine.
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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200? Reel Classics edition
The Light of Faith (1922), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with The Phantom of the Opera (1925) [1929 rerelease version], black & white and color, ? minutes, not rated.
Reel Classics, unknown catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 1.33:1 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $20.00.
DVD release date: 200?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been transferred from a 16mm reduction print, and is accompanied by a piano music score.
This disc is available in Region 0 NTSC directly from Reel Classics.
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other silent era Clarence Brown films available on home video:
The Eagle (1925)
Flesh and the Devil (1927)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Smouldering Fires (1924)
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