Silent Film Sources
VHS, Laserdisc and DVD Releases During 1997
March, 1997 - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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Orphans of the Storm (gatefold jacket, with reproduction of original
souvenir program, $60)
March 25 - Kino On Video (VHS)
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Harry Langdon... the forgotten clown (three tapes, $30 each)
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The Strong Man (with His Marriage Wow)
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (with All Night Long)
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Long Pants (with Saturday Afternoon)
April - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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America ($50)
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Sally of the Sawdust ($40)
April - Critics Choice (VHS)
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Down to the Sea in Ships
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The Gold Rush
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Son of the Sheik
April 25- Critics Choice (VHS)
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The Forgotten Griffiths: Set 1 (three tapes, $20 each, or $45 for
all three)
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The Love Flower
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Dream Street
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A Romance of Happy Valley
May - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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D.W. Griffith's Years of Discovery (23 short films he directed for
Biograph) ($100)
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The Cameraman's Revenge and Other Fantastic Tales (Ladislaw Starewicz)
($40)
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The Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Collection, Volume 2 ($125, includes The
Mark of Zorro, Don Q Son of Zorro, The Iron Mask (1929/52), The
Nut, Flirting with Fate, The Matrimaniac)
May - Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
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Show People (with original Movietone score) ($40)
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ($50, with Carl Davis orchestral
score)
June 17 - Kino On Video (VHS)
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Cecil B. DeMille: The Visionary Years 1915-1927 (six tapes, $30
each)
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Carmen (1915)
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Joan the Woman (1916)
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The Whispering Chorus (1918)
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Male and Female (1919)
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The Volga Boatman (1926)
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The King of Kings (1927)
June - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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The Harry Langdon Collection ($??) (features: The Strong Man,
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Long Pants, and shorts: His Marriage Wow,
All Night Long, Saturday Afternoon)
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Isn't Life Wonderful ($50)
July- Critics Choice (VHS)
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The Forgotten Griffiths: Set 2 (three tapes, $20 each, or $45 for
all three)
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The Idol Dancer
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The Greatest Question
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One Exciting Night
July 1 - Liberty Home Video
(VHS)
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Tarzan the Tiger (with music and sound effects)
August 6 - Milestone Film & Video
(VHS)
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The Lost World with added shorts and trailers (price reduced to
$25)
August 13 - Lumivision (DVD)
The Lost World with added shorts and trailers ($25)
August 20 - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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Tol'able David (with orchestral score by Robert Israel, also an
interview with director Henry King) ($40)
August 27 - Lumivision (DVD)
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Animation Legend Winsor McCay ($30)
August 27 - Cabin Fever
Entertainment (VHS)
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The Little Rascals 75th Anniversary: For Pete's Sake (four
"Our Gang" shorts including Dog Heaven (1927))
September 3 - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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The Cat and the Canary (plus Haunted Spooks) ($40)
September 3 - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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Laurel and Hardy and Friends Volume 8 ($40)
includes: The Finishing Touch and Leave 'Em Laughing
(both with Laurel and Hardy); Bromo and Juliet (Charley Chase);
The Stolen Jools (all-star, including Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang);
When Wifey's Away (Leon Errol); Radio Rampage (Edgar Kennedy).
September 24 - Image Entertainment
(laserdisc)
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Cecil B. DeMille: The Greatest Showman on Earth (laserdisc box set,
$160)
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Carmen (1915)
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Joan the Woman (1916, with the hand-colored finale)
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The Whispering Chorus (1918)
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Male and Female (1919)
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The Volga Boatman (1926)
September 24 - Lumivision (DVD)
September 30 - Kino On Video (VHS)
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The Lumiere Brothers' First Films ($50)
October 28 - Kino On Video (VHS)
The Soviet Avant Garde (five tapes, $30 each)
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By the Law (1925) and Chess Fever (1923)
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Man With a Movie Camera (1929) with a score by the Alloy Orchestra
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Storm Over Asia (1928) with a new score by Timothy Brock
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Turksib (1929) and Salt for Svanetia (1930)
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The Deserter (1933)
October 15 - Image Entertainment
(DVD)
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The Phantom of the Opera (with special features) ($30)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (with special features) ($30)
October 22 - Image Entertainment
(DVD)
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Nosferatu (with special features) ($30)
November 19 - Image Entertainment
(DVD)
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The Chaplin Mutuals Volume I (includes The Immigrant, The Adventurer,
The Cure, Easy Street) ($30)
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The Chaplin Mutuals Volume II (includes The Count, The Vagabond,
The Fireman, Behind the Screen) ($30)
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The Chaplin Mutuals Volume III (includes One A.M., The Pawnshop,
The Floorwalker, The Rink) ($30)
November 26 - Image Entertainment
(DVD)
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Landmarks of Early Film ($30)
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