Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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M’liss
(1918)
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 The Milestone Collection
2005 DVD edition
Heart o’ the Hills (1919), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated, with M’liss (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film and Video, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1972MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-19722-8.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.99.
Release date: 3 May 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition is accompanied by music composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
The disc also contains the early Mary Pickford feature Heart o’ the Hills (1919) accompanied by a new music score by Maria Newman.
We have reviewed DVDs in the Milestone Pickford series and are impressed with the quality of those discs. We are confident that this DVD is a quality production.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
M’liss (1918), black & white, 68 minutes, not rated, with Love’s Labor Lost (1920), black & white, 3 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10443-5.
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; $16.95.
Release date: May 2011.
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 composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Supplemental material includes a Krazy Kat cartoon.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 The Film Detective
2015 DVD edition
M’liss (1918), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown catalog number, UPC 8-89290-25169-5.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 6 August 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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Other silent era MARY PICKFORD films available on home video.
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Mary Pickford filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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