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The Monster
(1925)

 

Lon Chaney stars in this MGM production directed by Roland West. Supporting is Gertrude Olmstead, Johnny Arthur and Hallam Cooley.

Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition

The Monster (1925), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-28817-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 26 October 2010.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm source print.

Uncharacteristically for a Warner Archive release, the film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from music library cues and not an original music score. While serviceable, the lack of original music is a disappointment.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

 
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Bach Films
2010 DVD edition

The Monster (1925), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.

Bach Films, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English? language intertitles, French? language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; €9.99.
Release date: 30 August 2010.
Country of origin: France
This DVD edition may have been mastered from 35mm source print materials.

The film is likely accompanied by a modern music score.

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

 
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2022 DVD edition

The Monster (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Reel Vault, 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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 11 October 2022.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R edition has may have been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

Not recommended while the Warner Archive home video edition noted above is still in-print.

 
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.

Other HORROR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

 
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