Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Raven
(1915)
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Henry B. Walthall again tackles an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.”
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
The Raven (1915), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Ghosts (1915), black & white, 49 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10214-1.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 21 June 2011.
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.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2019 DVD edition
The Raven (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Avenging Conscience (1914), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8282D, UPC 0-89218-82829-3.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 12 November 2019.
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 accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Jennifer Rouse.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 TeleVista
2007 DVD edition
The Raven (1915), black & white, 46 minutes, not rated.
TeleVista, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-85559-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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 5.5 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 11 September 2007.
Country of origin: USA •
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This low-quality DVD edition has been mastered from a VHS videotape copy of an analog video transfer of an 8mm reduction print. Shameless.
An awful-looking disc. Buyer beware.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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