Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Dumb Girl
of Portici
(1916) |
Lois Weber directed this epic drama of a mute fisher-girl, living in the mid-17th century Naples during the Spanish occupation, who is seduced and abandoned by a Spanish nobleman. This assault and the oppression of their people causes Fenella’s brother to lead a revolution. |
 The Milestone Cinematheque
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916), black & white, 112 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Mbps audio bit rate, DTS-HD Master Audio? 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $34.95.
Release date: 6 February 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a 35mm restoration print prepared by the Library of Congress from the only versions of the film known to have survived: an incomplete 35mm nitrate rerelease print struck in the 1920s preserved by the British Film Institute and a 16mm reduction print held at the New York Public Library’s Performing Arts Library. Additional digital restoration was performed to stabilize and clean up the restoration, and to add color-tinting based on the original guidelines.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed by John Sweeney.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region A Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2018 DVD edition
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916), black & white, 112 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 6 February 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 35mm restoration print prepared by the Library of Congress from the only versions of the film known to have survived: an incomplete 35mm nitrate rerelease print struck in the 1920s preserved by the British Film Institute and a 16mm reduction print held at the New York Public Library’s Performing Arts Library. Additional digital restoration was performed to stabilize and clean up the restoration, and to add color-tinting based on the original guidelines.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed by John Sweeney.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era LOIS WEBER films available on home video.
Other silent era films directed by WOMEN DIRECTORS.
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