Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Springtime
of Life
[I lifvets vår]
(1912)
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This short feature film, directed by Paul Garbagny, stars Victor Sjöström and Selma W. af Klerker, with Mauritz Stiller, Georg af Klerker and Astrid Engelbrecht.
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Springtime of Life (1912), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Swedish language intertitles, permanent? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 23 April 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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Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2017 DVD edition
The Springtime of Life (1912), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 114, unknown 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; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm or 16mm reduction print (as might be surmised from the publisher-provided still frame above).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
We still criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other silent era VICTOR SJÖSTRÖM films available on home video.
Other SWEDISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other EARLY FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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