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Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 1:05 am
by neilist
Le Centre Pompidou have made Sergei's Eisenstein's debut 5-minute short '
Dnevnik Glumova' available online for a week, until Wednesday 13 May mid-afternoon CEST. It's a filmed insert to a play and doesn't have intertitles, so doesn't tell a hugely coherent story on its own. The short has been around online for some time, but this version seem to be in much better shape than those.
Filmmuseum München are screening their restoration of Piel Jutzis' 'Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück' on their
Vimeo page, though you may have to quick if you want to watch it as I think it's only available until midnight tonight CEST, i.e. less than 24-hours from now...
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 2:46 pm
by L.A.
Filmoteca UNAM in Mexico has two silents free for streaming with Spanish and English intertitles:
El tren fantasma (1926) and
El puño de hierro (1927). Unfortunately the oldest surviving Mexican silent
Tepeyac (1917) has no English intertitle or subtitle options but an English-friendly
DVD+book combo is available though.
Isn’t a silent but the country’s first expressionist film
Dos monjes (1934) sounds fascinating. Wonder whether a DVD exists?
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 5:15 pm
by jwd5275
Dos monjes was restored by the WCP and therefore will likely be released by Criterion at some point
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:52 am
by seancolletti
Hello. I'm trying to compile a comprehensive list of Scandinavian silent films available on DVD and/or Blu-Ray and was hoping some members here might be able to fill in some gaps or make corrections to the info. I already have. There were a couple posts earlier in this thread that were helpful, but I can't seem to find a way to private message those posters, so apologies if this is retreading a little bit.
In some cases, I'm listing what seems like the best edition and leaving off lesser ones.
Sweden
Ingeborg Holm (1913) /
A Man There Was (1917) [Kino DVD - Out of print]
The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) [Kino DVD - Out of print]
Sir Arne's Treasure (1919) [Kino DVD - Out of print]
Erotikon (1920) [Kino DVD - Out of print]
The Parson's Widow (1920) [Flicker Alley - MOD]
Johan (1921) [ARTE - In print] [German]
The Phantom Carriage (1921) [Criterion DVD/BR - In print]
Häxan (1922) (Criterion DVD/BR - Out of print]
The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924) [Kino DVD - Out of print]
Six of those are in a DVD box set from the Swedish Film Institute, but it doesn't seem like any are significant improvements over the best individual editions.
Denmark
Master of the House (1924) [Criterion DVD/BR - In print] [Also included in BFI Dreyer collection]
And the 12 DVDs released by the Danish Film Institute, listed here:
https://www.gartenbergmedia.com/dvd-dis ... ent-cinema
Those look to be in print but at non-institution prices from third-party sellers elsewhere.
Norway
Laila (1929) [Flicker Alley DVD - In print]
And three from the Norwegian Film Institute, only one of which I can seem to find in print on any Norwegian sites,
The Bridal Party in Hardanger (1926) [DVD]. The two I can't find anywhere are
Gipsy Anne (1920) [BR] and
Markens Grøde (1921) [DVD].
It also looks like there was a release from NFI for
Schneeschuhbanditen/Bergenstoget plyndret inatt (1928), but I couldn't find it listed anywhere, including the third-party sites that had info. for the other three as unavailable.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:43 pm
by RobertB
The Swedish film by Dreyer - Prästänkan (The Parson's Widow) was released on DVD by Image Entertainment in 2004 as a pressed disc.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:32 pm
by Stefan Andersson
Some new colour footage from Phantom of the Opera (1925) courtesy of EYE Film Institute now online. Video and discussion here:
https://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30633
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:17 am
by L.A.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:25 am
by L.A.
Film Preservation Society has a pre-order up for
Too Many Kisses (Paul Sloane, 1925), starring Richard Dix and Harpo Marx in his film debut. Coming in November.
PRE-ORDER: Too Many Kisses [Blu-ray, 2020]
Sale Price: $25.00 Original Price: $30.00
1925: Harpo Marx is starring on Broadway; Richard Dix is one of the newest stars of the silent screen and William Powell is nearly a decade away from making the first Thin Man movie. The three of them star in Paramount’s delightful comedy Too Many Kisses, which vanishes without a trace shortly after its initial release. Thought lost for decades, the film is now available for the first time.
With a new score composed and performed by Bill Marx - son of Harpo - Too Many Kisses is presented to modern audiences in a beautiful new restoration from Film Preservation Society. Among the film’s many charms is the chance to see Harpo speak – albeit through a title card. Powell is sinister in one of his many early villain roles and Dix is the dashing young romantic hero. (He’s romancing Frances Howard, who would soon give up her career to marry producer Samuel Goldwyn.)
Too Many Kisses will excite Marx Brothers fans eager to see the film debut of Harpo Marx. But Marx Brothers fans also get another important, rarely seen film on this Blu-ray edition of Too Many Kisses. The House That Shadows Built, a 1931 Paramount promotional feature celebrating the studio’s 20th anniversary, includes a Marx Brothers sequence not seen in any of their films. And that’s not the only rare treasure. Clips from lost silent films featuring stars like Douglas Fairbanks and Lon Chaney are included in this meticulously restored piece of film history.
Bonus Features:
The House That Shadows Built, restored 1931 Paramount publicity film featuring the Four Marx Brothers, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Gary Cooper, William S. Hart, Clara Bow, Lon Chaney, Marlene Dietrich, Harold Lloyd, Gloria Swanson, John Barrymore, and many other stars.
“About Film Preservation Society,” a short presentation about The Biograph Project, an effort to restore and preserve all of the short films directed by D.W. Griffith for the Biograph Company.
Restored 1910 D.W. Griffith Biograph short, “A Child’s Impulse” starring Mary Pickford, and featuring a new score written and performed by Donald Sosin.
16-page booklet with essays by D. Christian Anderson, Robert S. Bader, Kevin Brownlow, and Tracey Goessel.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 4:24 pm
by whaleallright
Anyone know of any plans to release this in the US? I'd love to see this -- my family would have been in Chicago when the movie was shot, and having grown up there, I recognize lots of the locations in the trailer. It's become a nuisance to import discs lately, but I will if I have to!
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:55 pm
by L.A.
Apparently there is a new restored(?) edition of
L'Inhumaine (Marcel L’Herbier, 1924) out now from
Lobster Films. Is this English-friendly?
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:43 pm
by Raymond Marble
Isn't this the same restoration that
Flicker Alley released in the States a while back?
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:52 pm
by tenia
I'm not sure if it really is a new release or just a repacking of Lobster's existing release, which indeed used the same restoration than FA.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:46 pm
by Kauno
I can't find this on IMDb. Am I doing something wrong :-k
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:57 pm
by Wigs by Leonard
Kauno wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:46 pm
I can't find this on IMDb. Am I doing something wrong :-k
I also can't find it on IMDb, and I don't know if this is useful in its place, but I remembered that Chicago Film Society screened this at the Music Box in 2019. I didn't go, but I was curious. Links to the
website writeup, and a
squib review in the Reader.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 7:26 am
by L.A.
L.A. wrote: Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:25 am
Film Preservation Society has a pre-order up for
Too Many Kisses (Paul Sloane, 1925), starring Richard Dix and Harpo Marx in his film debut. Coming in November.
PRE-ORDER: Too Many Kisses [Blu-ray, 2020]
Sale Price: $25.00 Original Price: $30.00
1925: Harpo Marx is starring on Broadway; Richard Dix is one of the newest stars of the silent screen and William Powell is nearly a decade away from making the first Thin Man movie. The three of them star in Paramount’s delightful comedy Too Many Kisses, which vanishes without a trace shortly after its initial release. Thought lost for decades, the film is now available for the first time.
With a new score composed and performed by Bill Marx - son of Harpo - Too Many Kisses is presented to modern audiences in a beautiful new restoration from Film Preservation Society. Among the film’s many charms is the chance to see Harpo speak – albeit through a title card. Powell is sinister in one of his many early villain roles and Dix is the dashing young romantic hero. (He’s romancing Frances Howard, who would soon give up her career to marry producer Samuel Goldwyn.)
Too Many Kisses will excite Marx Brothers fans eager to see the film debut of Harpo Marx. But Marx Brothers fans also get another important, rarely seen film on this Blu-ray edition of Too Many Kisses. The House That Shadows Built, a 1931 Paramount promotional feature celebrating the studio’s 20th anniversary, includes a Marx Brothers sequence not seen in any of their films. And that’s not the only rare treasure. Clips from lost silent films featuring stars like Douglas Fairbanks and Lon Chaney are included in this meticulously restored piece of film history.
Bonus Features:
The House That Shadows Built, restored 1931 Paramount publicity film featuring the Four Marx Brothers, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Gary Cooper, William S. Hart, Clara Bow, Lon Chaney, Marlene Dietrich, Harold Lloyd, Gloria Swanson, John Barrymore, and many other stars.
“About Film Preservation Society,” a short presentation about The Biograph Project, an effort to restore and preserve all of the short films directed by D.W. Griffith for the Biograph Company.
Restored 1910 D.W. Griffith Biograph short, “A Child’s Impulse” starring Mary Pickford, and featuring a new score written and performed by Donald Sosin.
16-page booklet with essays by D. Christian Anderson, Robert S. Bader, Kevin Brownlow, and Tracey Goessel.
FYI, this is a pressed disc.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 6:14 am
by hearthesilence
Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but Dave Kehr tweeted this link recently.
It's a 12-minute Charley Chase short from 1925 called
Plain and Fancy Girls, directed by Leo McCarey (who was Chase's frequent collaborator) and according to Kehr, it was considered a lost film until it popped up on YouTube, which seems amazing - you'd think the uploader would make a note of it. (Judging by his other uploads, maybe he just had a handful of random, old films and decided to scan them all?)
Significant print damage, and yet it doesn't detract from the viewing experience, and it's pretty great! McCarey already proves to be a very sophisticated director with both his staging and some very impressive dolly (or tracking?) shots.
I see there have been a few DVD sets on Chase's silent and sound work - from Kino, Milestone and Kit Parker. I read about him like DECADES ago in a book that put him among the giants of silent comedy - maybe published in the '90s, it also indicated that he was sorely underrated and rarely discussed compared to Chaplin, Keaton or Laurel and Hardy. I'd say I've never heard anyone but silent film connoisseurs discussing his work - until the Leo McCarey retrospective at MoMA some years back, I don't think I ever had the chance to see any of his films projected either.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 1:23 pm
by L.A.
Sanz and the Secret of His Art (1918) was made available for a free stream on Feb. 5th thanks to
Filmoteca Valenciana – Institut Valencià de Cultura.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 2:39 pm
by L.A.
Received an email from National Library (Nasjonalbiblioteket) in Norway earlier today. Their next silent publication on Blu-ray called
Stumme filmspor will be released in September. The films are from 1910s.
Stumme filmspor, the collection of silent films, will have English subtitles (as well as a booklet with newly written film essays, with English translations). Stumme filmspor includes the titles Under forvandlingens lov, Dæmonen (fragments), Revolutionens datter, Historien om en gut and a short film called Paa jagt efter landets skjønneste kvinde. On the disc you will also find over 200 stills from “lost” silent films from the period.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:29 pm
by L.A.
L.A. wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 2:39 pm
Received an email from National Library (Nasjonalbiblioteket) in Norway earlier today. Their next silent publication on Blu-ray called
Stumme filmspor will be released in September. The films are from 1910s.
Stumme filmspor, the collection of silent films, will have English subtitles (as well as a booklet with newly written film essays, with English translations). Stumme filmspor includes the titles Under forvandlingens lov, Dæmonen (fragments), Revolutionens datter, Historien om en gut and a short film called Paa jagt efter landets skjønneste kvinde. On the disc you will also find over 200 stills from “lost” silent films from the period.
Platekompaniet has a listing for it now. Doesn’t ship overseas though.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:44 pm
by Stefan Andersson
A new thread about silent French films on DVD and Bluray:
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=31967
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:25 am
by L.A.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:46 pm
by L.A.
No English subs. Bummer. Guess that’s that.
Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:25 pm
by Matt
An English-friendly, Blu-ray-only edition of the Duvivier set has been announced for pre-order by
Flicker Alley.
(This is a PSA, not a reply to L.A. since they posted the news in a different thread.)
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:10 pm
by captveg
With Kino announcing a BD of Lubitsch's Three Women (1924) for 1/18/22, it made me realize that Warner has sat on some of their premiere owned silent titles for so long (The Crowd (1928), The Wind (1928), etc.) that we could easily see George Eastman 4K restorations released via labels like Kino or Flicker Alley in four-five years or so, with WB never capitalizing on them. Obviously this depends on who has archived what elements, especially for a film like Greed (1924), which has already entered the public domain.
Re: Silent Film on DVD and BD
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:31 pm
by knives
With Greed though isn’t the theatrical cut the only one that is public domain? Supposedly any longer cut will be copyrighted for a few more decades?