Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Trespasser
(1929)
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This sound feature drama, directed by Edmund Goulding, stars Gloria Swanson and Robert Ames, with Purnell Pratt, Henry B. Walthall, Wally Albright Jr., William Holden (not that William Holden), Blanche Friderici, Kay Hammond and Mary Forbes.
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The Trespasser (1929), black & white, 90 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7629D, UPC 0-89218-76299-3.
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: 26 May 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Trespasser (1929), black & white, 90 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $14.99.
Release date: 21 April 2025
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era GLORIA SWANSON films available on home video.
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