Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Wheel of Life
(1929)
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This early sound film, directed by Victor Schertzinger, stars Richard Dix and Esther Ralston, with O.P. Heggie, Arthur Hoyt, Myrtle Steadman, Larry Steers, Regis Toomey and Nigel de Brulier.
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Wheel of Life (1929), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
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; $19.99 (reduced to $14.99).
Release date: 10 August 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For now, this is our recommended 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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Other silent era RICHARD DIX films available on home video.
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