Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Jungle
Princess
(1920)
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This feature film version of the silent era serial The Lost City (1920) stars Juanita Hansen and George Chesebro, with support from Frank Clark, Hector Dion and Alfred Ferguson.
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 The Serial Squadron
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Jungle Princess (1920), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: April 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered from a surviving 16mm reduction print of the abridged feature film version of the original serial.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack performed on MIDI synthesizer by Eric Stedman that includes synchronized sound effects.
Supplementary material includes an expanded version of the feature film reedited into four separate serial-style chapters with cliffhanger endings.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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 The Serial Squadron
2006 DVD edition
The Jungle Princess (1920), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron,
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; $12.95 (reduced to $9.95).
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a surviving 16mm reduction print of the abridged feature film version of the original serial.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack performed on MIDI synthesizer that includes synchronized sound effects.
Supplementary material includes a version of the film reedited into four separate serial-style chapters with cliffhanger endings.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinuted
and is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2016 DVD edition
The Jungle Princess (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Wild Life on the Veldt (1931), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
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; $16.95.
Release date: 24 August 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This updated DVD-R edition has likely been remastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting orchestral recordings.
Supplemental material includes a late silent documentary short.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2022 DVD edition
The Jungle Princess (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Wild Life on the Veldt (1931), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8485D, UPC 0-89218-84859-8.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 15 March 2022.
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 recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
The Jungle Princess (1920), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10262-2.
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; $16.95.
Release date: 2007.
Country of origin: USA |
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting orchestral recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Jungle Princess (1920), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no 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: 202?
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 SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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