Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Love of
Sunya
(1927)
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Gloria Swanson stars in this romantic drama directed by Albert Parker.
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 The Killiam Collection
2002 DVD edition
The Love of Sunya (1927), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.
Worldview Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1576WVDVD, UPC 0-14381-15762-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 22 October 2002 (announced).
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm preservation print from the Paul Killiam collection.
The film may be accompanied by a music score performed on piano by William Perry.
While artwork has been available on the Internet, we are not certain that this DVD title was ever actually released.
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 The Film Detective
2017 DVD edition
The Love of Sunya (1927), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown catalog number, UPC 1-91091-46717-6.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 12 July 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction print materials.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
THE FILM DETECTIVE through . . .
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 Alpha Video
2018 DVD edition
The Love of Sunya (1927), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8137D, UPC 0-89218-81379-4.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 25 September 2018.
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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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era GLORIA SWANSON films available on home video.
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