Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Road to
Mandalay
(1926)
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This drama, directed by Tod Browning, stars Lon Chaney and Lois Moran, with Owen Moore, Henry B. Walthall, Sojin Kamiyama, Rose Langdon and John George.
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2022 DVD edition
The Road to Mandalay (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 244, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $34.99 (raised again to $42.99).
Release date: 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a subpar VHS videotape transferred from a 16mm reduction print (as is surmised from the publisher-provided frame capture above).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings (if there is music at all).
Reluctantly, this is our recommended home video edition of the film since there is no other edition available (as far as we know). Way overpriced for the quality delivered, Chaney completists may just bite their lip through while ordering this obviously inferior disc.
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other silent era TOD BROWNING films available on home video.
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