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Silent Classics
(1920-1927)

Contents: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Nosferatu (1922) and Metropolis (1927).

St. Clair Vision
2008 DVD edition

Silent Classics (1920-1927), black & white, 294 minutes total, not rated, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Nosferatu (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Metropolis (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

St. Clair Vision,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 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; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 15 April 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This budget DVD collection has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.

The films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting recordings.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this collection, see our Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on home video, Metropolis on home video and Nosferatu on home video pages.