This four-disc DVD-R edition features three different presentations of the various survival states of The Phantom of the Opera. Ovation Home Video, 40445, UPC 0-84296-40445-2. The Gaylord Carter score was noticably out-of-sync for several minutes. The presentation on disc three is the 1925 version of the film, presented from a 16mm duplicate reduction print of the 16mm Show-At-Home edition, with an insert of the color Bal Masque footage. Our hope is that someday someone will recreate the original 1925 continuity using the higher-quality footage from the 1929 version when it matches footage in the original version. The main feature of this disc is a side-by-side comparison of footage from the 1929/1930 version of film (on the left) next to the surviving 1925 footage (on the right, recut to conform to the 1929 version). Release date: 24 February 2004. How many times can you listen to the same Bach organ piece? The position of foreground actors in relation to foreground props or background extras or action is consistently asthetically better in the 1929 footage. Leroux gave Laemmle a copy of his 1910 novel of Le Fantôme de l’Opéra when hearing that Laemmle was an admirer of the Paris Opera House. The image of a maskless Erik is an easy one to call up in the minds of film lovers worldwide — it is an image that is among the most cherished of moments in world cinema. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) [1929 silent rerelease version], black & white and color, 93 minutes, not rated. This print of The Phantom of the Opera, released by the British Film Institute on Blu-Ray, is the best version of the film. Christine looks on in terror as Erik imposes his frightening features on to her. This DVD edition shows up from time to time on eBay and at low-cost retailers. The edition’s supplemental material includes the original scenario, scrolled in real-time as white type on a black background and accompanied by music (91 minutes); the original theatrical trailer (3 minutes); a video interview with composer Gabriel Thibaudeau (10 minutes); and two excerpts from Burton Holmes travelogue films showing the Paris of the mid-1920s (7 minutes). Mbps average video bit rate, ? The Phantom’s voice speaks to Christine in her dressing room, telling her that she must think of her career and him. with The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), black & white, 101 minutes, not rated. The situation is not eased by recent home video versions that identify the source print as either the 1929 or the 1930 version, sometimes in internal conflict between their audio commentary and packaging. For a budget edition, the film fares better on this disc than on most other cheap releases of The Phantom of the Opera. Compared to the Alpha Video edition, the color sections in this Navarre edition are richer and more saturated — still looking little like the original Technicolor. This version has the color sequence at the Bal Masque. And while this version has not survived in the best of condition, it is largely intact and offers the viewer a more coherent storyline than the reedited 1929 sound rerelease version. Triple Feature Horror Classics, Volume 1 (1922-1927), black & white and color, 306 minutes total, not rated, Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The film is accompanied by a music score performed by metal band Switchblade Symphony. This print does not feature the Technicolor Bal Masque footage which, here, is black & white and shot from slightly different camera angles than the color footage. The worn print has been transferred at the appropriate silent speed. Mbps average video bit rate, ? Release date: 9 September 2003. When she leaves the room, Raoul enters but nobody is there. Audrey was genuinely lovely. The 1929 version is presented twice in the edition (transferred at 20fps and at 24fps), in addition to the original 1925 version and an abbreviated presentation of the 1930 sound rerelease version. and The Phantom of the Opera (1925) [1929 silent rerelease version], color-toned black & white and color, 78 minutes, not rated, I love writing about classic film as much as I love talking about it. The disc is just not up to snuff for the quality-conscious consumer. Edward Sedgwick was summoned by Laemmle to replace Julian and reshoot a substantial part of the film, which included comic and romantic subplots. She sneaks up behind him and tears off the mask to reveal a monstrously disfigured man. This closest approximation of the original general-release version of the film has not survived in the best print condition, and this edition of that print does not look as good as the presentation on the Milestone edition noted above. 38,224 listeners, Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. with Indestructible Man (1956), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated. This silent era standard is very well known but not well represented here. The film is accompanied by a canned orchestral score that doesn’t match the film’s action. ID0209MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-02092-2. Leave feedback. The standard resolution master has, at least, been encoded to the Blu-ray Disc in a smooth progressive-scan format. PASSIONATE ABOUT CLASSIC FILM A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. The shots are seen mostly in red and black tones, with some bluish-green tones prevalent on the sides of the picture. See our Nosferatu on DVD page for our comments on this edition of Nosferatu. This seems to be a fairly common mistake. Again, why buy this edition when there are better to be had. We abhor the number of times ballet dancers twirl around — clutching their tu-tus — to express their fright, and their stagey flock-of-geese blocking. When it was released to theaters, the poorly-executed sound version of The Phantom of the Opera was only seven or eight reels long. Mary Fabian became Carlotta and Fay Holderness played her mother in sound retakes, while Virginia Pearson’s 1925 performance as the diva Carlotta became, through retitling, that of the mother of Carlotta in the 1930 version (which removed the Holderness performance but retained Fabian’s). A character with a lantern in the tunnels under the opera house (who is seen only briefly in the 1925 version) is speaking a prologue for the audience, but the footage is now mute. "The Phantom of the Opera", one of the most famous films ever made, presents the story of a creepy misanthrope who kidnaps a prima donna of the Paris Opera so that she may bring him the love he so madly desires! The main menu of that first edition was also difficult to navigate, with versions of the film selected by identification of the music score only. Except for a small fragment, the sound version has been lost. The original 1925 version (image above) has been transfered at standard-definition from an 8mm reduction source print, and is presented in a windowboxed image with a piano music score by Frederick Hodges. The Film Detective, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number. The film continues to be one of the biggest draws at modern silent film showings and one of the most collected of silent era films. The windowboxed natural-speed video transfer is without hard-cropped edges so that all of the surviving 16mm image will be visible on most televisions. Confused yet? The 1925 version of the film is presented with a new music score composed and performed on Miditzer virtual (computer-based) theatre pipe organ by Ben Model. Other actors were replaced for sound retakes. This new video transfer is an improvement over the transfer that was available on the 1990 Image Entertainment laserdisc, making this version watchable (the 1990 laserdisc was flatly color-toned and presented without music). Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 48 kHz 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase, $9.99. One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, ? sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, no chapter stops; disc envelope in a cardboard box, unknown suggested retail price. Go directly to shout page. One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 1536 Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 48 kHz 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 9 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase, $6.99. Disc four is the highlight of this set. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Contact Information nosesilo1@gmail.com. The original 1925 and 1929 reissue versions are still available. The film is likely accompanied by a custom music score on MIDI synthesizer.

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