Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Clash of
the Wolves
(1925)
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 Kino Classics
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition
Clash of the Wolves (1925), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 68 minutes, not rated,
with Where the North Begins (1923), color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K26299, UPC 7-38329-26299-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 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; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 20 June 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered in 4K from archival 35mm print elements.
The film is presented with a music score composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by Ben Model.
Supplementary material includes another Rin-Tin-Tin feature, Where the North Begins (1923).
As yet sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc is also available directly from . . .
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 National Film Preservation Foundation
2004 DVD edition
More Treasures from American Film Archives (1894-1931), black & white and color, 573 minutes total, not rated,
including Clash of the Wolves (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
National Film Preservation Foundation, distributed by Image Entertainment, NATD2271DVD, UPC 0-14381-22712-3.
Three single-sided, 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 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; three cardboard wrapped plastic trays in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 7 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This 50 film DVD collection includes the Rin-Tin-Tin feature film Clash of the Wolves (1925), mastered from 35mm print materials held by the Library of Congress.
Silent films are accompanied by music scores by Peter Child, Brian Robison, Charles Shadle and Fred Steiner.
The collection also contains commentary on the films by 17 critics, historians and preservationists, including Paolo Cherchi Usai, Robert Gitt, Tom Gunning and Patrick Loughney. The set includes a 200-page book of program notes. A number of the films have been available on home video for years, but we expect this collection to present the best available editions of these films.
This remains our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Clash of the Wolves (1925), black & white, 74 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 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; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 13 January 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from 16mm reduction print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score.
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Other silent era RIN-TIN-TIN films available on home video.
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