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The Man
Beneath
(1919)
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This crime drama, directed by William Worthington, stars Sessue Hayakawa and Helen Jerome Eddy, with Pauline Curley, John Gilbert, Fountain La Rue and Wedgewood Nowell.
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Dragon Painter (1919), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated, with His Birthright (1918), black & white, 47 minutes, not rated, and The Man Beneath (1919), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Films, distributed by Kino Lorber,
unknown catalog number, UPC 7-38329-26765-0.
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, optional Dutch, French, German and Spanish subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 24 September 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from archival print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score.
Supplemental material includes two Hayakawa features; and the featurette “Reconstructing The Dragon Painter” (66 minutes).
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is also available from
MILESTONE FILMS through . . .
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2016 DVD edition
The Man Beneath (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 126, 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 subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm or 16mm reduction print (as might be surmised from the publisher-provided still frame above).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
We still criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible.
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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 SESSUE HAYAKAWA films available on home video.
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