Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Net
(1916)
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This feature drama, directed by George Foster Platt, stars Bert Delaney and Marian Swayne, with Inda Palmer, Ethel Jewett, Arthur Bauer, Morgan Jones and William P. Burt.
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 Thanhouser Company
Film Preservation
2020 DVD edition
The Net (1916), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation,
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.95.
Release date: 2020.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm nitrate print held by the National Library of Norway.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Günter A. Buchwald.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary by professor Kathryn Fuller-Seeley.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Net (1916), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 20 March 2025
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 music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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