
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2013 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved. |
Sand!
(1920) |
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2011 Alpha Home Entertainment DVD edition
Sand! (1920), color-toned black & white, 50 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainement, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD 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 DVD keepcase, $7.98.
DVD release date: 26 July 2011.
Country of origin: USA |
| This edition of Sand!, starring William S. Hart, has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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2012 Grapevine Video DVD edition
Sand! (1920), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated,
with Out West [Chase Yourself] (1926), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R 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 DVD keepcase, $14.95.
DVD release date: 14 April 2012.
Country of origin: USA |
| This public-domain edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The disc is supplemented with an abridged presentation of a Christie two-reeler starring Jimmie Adams.
The films are accompanied by a music score performed by Blaine Gale.
| This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from GRAPEVINE VIDEO. |
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2009 TeleVista DVD edition
Sand! (1920), color-toned black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.
TeleVista, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-88637-0.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD 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 DVD keepcase, $19.95.
DVD release date: 13 October 2009.
Country of origin: USA |
| This public-domain edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print (or worse!).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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| Other WILLIAM S. HART films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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| William S. Hart filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List |