Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Thirteenth
Chair
(1929)
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This part-talkie mystery drama, directed by Tod Browning, stars Conrad Nagel and Leila Hyams, with Margaret Wycherly, Holmes Herbert, Mary Forbes, Bela Lugosi, John Davidson, Charles Quartermaine, Moon Carroll, Cyril Chadwick and Bertram Johns.
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 Sinister Cinema
2025 DVD edition
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Thirteenth Chair (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, M675, 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; $12.95.
Release date: 2025
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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 silent era TOD BROWNING films available on home video.
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