Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Darkened Rooms
(1929)
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This early sound feature, directed by Louis Gasnier, stars Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton, with Doris Hill, David Newell, Gale Henry, Wallace MacDonald, E.H. Calvert and Blanche Craig.
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 Alpha Video
2025 DVD edition
Darkened Rooms (1920), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8677D, UPC 0-89218-86779-7.
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; $9.99.
Release date: 24 June 2025.
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 the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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