Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Perils of
Pauline
(1914)
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This early serial stars Pearl White and Crane Wilbur, and features support from Paul Panzer, Edward José, Donald MacKenzie, Grace Darling, Jack Standing and (maybe) a very young Milton Berle.
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 The Serial Squadron
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Perils of Pauline (1914), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Hybrid Blu-ray Disc (H-BD); 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; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; insert-booklet; standard BD keepcase; $18.95.
Release date: 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This Hybrid Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from archival print elements. Note that 13 episodes of the serial are presented in standard-definition rather than a high-definition picture. The presentation includes newly updated intertitles.
The film is accompanied by a music score.
Supplemental material includes a short documentary “The Perils of Pauline Phenomenon”; and an insert booklet with notes on the included chapters and information on missing chapters.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film. Note: Hybrid Blu-ray Discs plsy correctly on only a limited number of BD players; check the publisher’s product page for additional information. If you do not have a compatible BD player, we recommend that you order the Serial Squadrom DVD edition noted just below.
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Region 0 Hybrid Blu-ray Disc (H-BD) edition is available directly from . . .
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 The Serial Squadron
2025 DVD edition
The Perils of Pauline (1914), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.00.
Release date: 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from archival print elements. The presentation includes newly updated intertitles.
The film is accompanied by a music score.
Supplemental material includes a short documentary “The Perils of Pauline Phenomenon”; and an insert booklet with notes on the included chapters and information on missing chapters.
This is our recommended DVD 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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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
The Perils of Pauline (1914), color-toned black & white, 199 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-80074-04363-5.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $22.95.
Release date: 29 May 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of the nine chapters of The Perils of Pauline has been reissued in a two-disc edition and has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.
The serial is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The Perils of Pauline [abridged feature film version] (1914), color-toned black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Katchem Kate (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7627D, UPC 0-89218-76279-5.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 28 April 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of the feature film version of The Perils of Pauline has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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