Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Monster
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Lon Chaney stars in this MGM production directed by Roland West. Supporting is Gertrude Olmstead, Johnny Arthur and Hallam Cooley. |
 Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition
The Monster (1925), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-28817-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 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, 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $9.99).
Release date: 26 October 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm source print.
Uncharacteristically for a Warner Archive release, the film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from music library cues and not an original music score. While serviceable, the lack of original music is a disappointment.
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 Bach Films
2010 DVD edition
The Monster (1925), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Bach Films, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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, French? language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; €9.99.
Release date: 30 August 2010.
Country of origin: France
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This DVD edition may have been mastered from 35mm source print materials.
The film is likely accompanied by a modern music score.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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France: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.fr. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other HORROR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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