Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Invaders
(1912)
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This western drama, directed by Thomas H. Ince and Francis Ford, stars Francis Ford and Ethel Grandin, with Ray Myers, Ann Little, Art Acord and Chief William Eagleshirt.
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 National Film Preservation Foundation
2004 DVD edition
More Treasures from American Film Archives (1894-1931), black & white and color, 573 minutes total, not rated, including The Invaders (1912), black & white, 41 minutes, not rated.
National Film Preservation Foundation,
distributed by Image Entertainment,
NATD2271DVD, UPC 0-14381-22712-3, ISBN 0-9747099-1-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; 200-page insert book; three cardboard wrapped plastic trays in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 7 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from an archival print.
Silent films are accompanied by music by Peter Child, Brian Robison, Charles Shadle and Fred Steiner. The collection also contains commentary on the films by 17 critics, historians and preservationists, including Paolo Cherchi Usai, Robert Gitt, Tom Gunning and Patrick Loughney.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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 Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition
The Invaders (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Sundown Trail (1934), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6488D, UPC 0-89218-64889-1.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $6.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 31 January 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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