Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Hotel Imperial
(1927)
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This war drama, directed by Mauritz Stiller, stars Pola Negri and James Hall, with George Siegmann, Max Davidson, Michael Vavitch, Otto Fries and Nicholas Soussanin.
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 Grapevine Video
2006 DVD edition
Hotel Imperial (1927), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated,
with Just in Time (1981), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10006-2.
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 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been prepared from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with a soundtrack compiled from preexisting orchestral 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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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
Hotel Imperial (1927), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8604D, UPC 0-89218-86049-1.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $8.98.
Release date: 28 May 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a reduction print.
The film is 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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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Hotel Imperial (1927), black & white, 67 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: 201?
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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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Classic Video Streams
2010 DVD edition
The Actors: Rare Films of Pola Negri, Volume 2 (1925-1927), black & white, 154 minutes total, not rated, including A Woman of the World (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Hotel Imperial (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Classic Video Streams,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-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: 9 March 2010.
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 music score compiled from preexisting recordings
Not at all recommended.
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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 POLA NEGRI films available on home video.
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