Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Enchanted
Cottage
(1924)
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This romantic drama directed by John S. Robertson features Richard Barthelmess, May McAvoy, Ida Waterman, Alfred Hickman, and Holmes E. Herbert.
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 Grapevine Video
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Enchanted Cottage (1924), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, with Where the Road Divided (1915) black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 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; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: May 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition, produced by Edward Lorusso, has been mastered from an archival 35mm print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score arranged by Rodney Sauer and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Supplemental material includes an Edgar Jones short film.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .
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Edward Lorusso
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Enchanted Cottage (1924), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated.
Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 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; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $28.00.
Release date: 14 March 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm print held by the Library of Congress. Originally crowdfunded through Kickstarter, this edition was exclusively available to the project supporters. A nearly identical edition has been published by Grapevine Video.
The film is accompanied by a music score arranged by Rodney Sauer and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2024 DVD edition
The Enchanted Cottage (1924), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, with Where the Road Divided (1915) black & white, ? 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 picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: May 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition, produced by Edward Lorusso, has been mastered from an archival 35mm print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score arranged by Rodney Sauer and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Supplemental material includes an Edgar Jones short film.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2020 DVD edition
The Enchanted Cottage (1924), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entartainment,
ALP 8335D, UPC 0-89218-83359-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $8.98.
Release date: 23 June 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a sountrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Not recommended.
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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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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
The Enchanted Cottage (1924), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10692-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 17 October 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score by David Knudtson.
This Grapevine Video edition has been replaced by their updated 2024 Blu-ray Disc and DVD editions noted above.
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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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Other silent era RICHARD BARTHELMESS films available on home video.
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