Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Der Hund von
Baskerville
(1914)
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This Sherlock Holmes feature, directed by Rudolf Meinert, stars Alwin Neuss and Erwin Fichtner, with Friedrich Kühne, Hanni Weisse and Andreas Van Horn.
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 Flicker Alley
2019 Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition
Der Hund von Baskerville (1929), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated, with Der Hund von Baskerville (1914), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0059, UPC 6-17311-68599-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 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; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; and one single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; 24-page insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 12 February 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition has been mastered from archival print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed by Joachim Bärenz (on Blu-ray only).
Supplemental material includes the featurette Restoring Der Hund von Baskerville by Rob Byrne; the featurette Arthur Conan Doyle and The Hound of the Baskervilles; Der Hund von Baskerville (1914); and a 24-page insert booklet with an article by Russell Merritt.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc / Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Rare Films and More
202? DVD edition
Fear (1917), color-tinted black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, with Der Hund von Baskerville (1914), color-tinted black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Rare Films and More, 4581, no 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; Danish language intertitles, permanent German language subtitles, with optional English and Spanish subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from files lifted from an Internet streaming site or from another company’s home video edition.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score pirated from another company’s home video edition or a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
For now, 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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Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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