Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Mysterious
Island
(1929)
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This fantasy tale, adapted from the Jules Verne novel and directed by Lucien Hubbard, stars Lionel Barrymore and Jane Daly, with Lloyd Hughes, Montagu Love, Harry Gribbon, Snitz Edwards, Gibson Gowland and Dolores Brinkman.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2019 DVD edition
The Mysterious Island (1929), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83929-67526-5.
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; $19.99.
Release date: 26 March 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has apparently been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by its original synchronized soundtrack.
Could be better looking but this appears to be the sole home video edition of the film available.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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 Sinister Cinema
2025 DVD edition
The Mysterious Island (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Mysterious Island (1929) [AI-colorized version], color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, S484, unknown UPC number.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 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 two-disc DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 2025
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. This edition includes an AI-interpretation of the presumed lost Technicolor sequences from the film’s original release. AI color software is still poor and this edition should not be considered as accurately approaching the original color.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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