Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Last of the
Mohicans
(1920)
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 SlingShot Entertainment
1999 DVD edition
The Last of the Mohicans (1920), color-toned black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.
SlingShot Entertainment, DVD9851,
UPC 0-17078-98512-2, ISBN 1-58448-0459.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 16 chapter stops; DVD super jewel box (reissued in standard DVD keepcase); $24.99.
Release date: 3 August 1999.
Country of origin: USA
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Our first look at this out-of-print DVD edition shows that it has been transferred in a windowboxed format from an excellent 35mm print held by the George Eastman Museum. The disc has been mastered from an analog videotape transfer prepared for the 1993 Lumivision laserdisc edition. In the late 1990s, SlingShot purchased the Lumivision home video masters and released a small number of Lumivision editions on DVD.
The film is accompanied by a synthesizer and digital piano music score that is serviceable but not very pleasing.
This is still the best-looking home video edition of the film available.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 The Film Detective
2015 DVD edition
The Last of the Mohicans (1920), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 7 July 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 likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Synergy Entertainment
2007 DVD edition
The Last of the Mohicans (1920), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
Synergy Entertainment,
unknown 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 14 May 2007.
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 recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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