Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Lorna Doone
(1922)
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This adaptation of the famed novel was directed by Maurice Tourneur and stars Madge Bellamy as Lorna Doone, with John Bowers, Frank Keenan, Jack McDonald and Donald MacDonald.
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 Kino on Video
2005 DVD edition
Lorna Doone (1922), color-tinted black & white, 87 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K417, UPC 7-38329-04172-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 133.1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 6 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been transferred from an excellent 35mm restoration print financed by cinephile Jesse Pierce, who also produced this home video edition in 2001. The slightly windowboxed video transfer will appear as full-frame on most television monitors.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and arranged for strings by Mari Lijima.
The spare supplemental section includes a stills gallery, a biography by director Maurice Tourneur, and a New York Times review of the film.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
Lorna Doone (1922), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated, with The Sawmill (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10043-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 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, PCM 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95 (raised to $14.95).
Release date: August 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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Released virtually head-to-head against the Kino edition above, this Grapevine DVD-R edition is touted as “transferred from an original print,” but 16mm or 35mm we do not know.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other silent era MAURICE TOURNEUR films available on home video.
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