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The History of
Cinema

(1915-1927)

 

Contents: The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), Nosferatu (1922), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The General (1926), The Beloved Rogue (1927) and Metropolis (1927).

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2004 DVD edition

The History of Cinema (1915-1927), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated,
including The Birth of a Nation (1915), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated, Intolerance (1916), black & white, 167 minutes, not rated, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated, Orphans of the Storm (1921), black & white, 150 minutes, not rated, Nosferatu (1922), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, Battleship Potemkin (1925), black & white, 119 minutes, not rated, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), black & white, 107 minutes, not rated, The General (1926), black & white, 107 minutes, not rated, The Beloved Rogue (1927), black & white, 98 minutes, not rated, and Metropolis (1927), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated.

Delta Entertainment, 89 133, UPC 0-18111-91339-3.
Eight single-sided, single-layered and dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 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, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; eight standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $89.99.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD boxset includes twelve silent era films from Delta Entertainment relesed in 2004. Delta also released an abbreviated boxset of eight silent era films (deleting four films in this set) under the same title.

For our reviews of the individual discs in the boxset, see our pages: The Birth of a Nation on home video, Intolerance on home video, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on home video, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on home video, Orphans of the Storm on home video, Nosferatu on home video, The Hunchback of Notre Dame on home video, Battleship Potemkin on home video, The Phantom of the Opera on home video, The General on home video, The Beloved Rogue on home video and Metropolis on home video.

As one can see from our reviews of the individual films, none of the DVD editions included in this boxset are recommended as all are available in better-looking home video editions on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. This boxset is out-of print.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is . . .
Other silent era SERGEI EISENSTEIN films available on home video.

Other silent era D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.

Other silent era FRITZ LANG films available on home video.

Other F.W. MURNAU films available on home video.

Other silent era ROBERT WIENE films available on home video.

Other silent era JOHN BARRYMORE films available on home video.

Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.

Other silent era LILLIAN GISH films available on home video.

Other silent era MAE MARSH films available on home video.

Other WALLACE REID films available on home video.

Other silent era CONRAD VEIDT films available on home video.

Other HORROR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other RAILROAD FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
 
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