Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Sign of
the Claw
(1926)
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This adventure drama, directed by B. Reeves Eason, stars Edward Hearn and Ethel Shannon, with Peter the Great (the dog), Joe Bennett and Lee Shumway.
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 Kino Classics
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
Wonder Dogs!: Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928), black & white, 477 minutes total, not rated, including The Sign of the Claw (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K27007, UPC 7-38329-27007-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (two BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 20 May 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from archival film elements held by the Library of Congress.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Mohamed Araki, Esin Aydingoz, Adam Banks and Griffin Barbieri, Ali Tolga Demirtas, Anabel Gil Diaz, Allison Beth Fitzgerald, Caroline Gao, Nika Ko, Carolyn Koch, Mathilde Koechlin, Anthony Laurie, Connor McKay, Danielle Painter, Josh Phillips, Jaasmaan Singh, Shane Prendiville, Dana Reason, Chris Rorrer, Jeff Schwartz, Andrew Earle Simpson, María Fernanda García Solar and Lorena Ruiz Trejo, and Peter Valsamis.
Supplemental material includes audio commentaries by Anthony Slide; interviews with curators/archivists Lynanne Schweighofer and George Willeman; and an interview with composer Andrew Earle Simpson.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
200? DVD edition
The Sign of the Claw (1926), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 55 minutes, not rated, and Look Out Buster (1927), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10319-3.
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; $16.95.
Release date: 200?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm nitrate print held by the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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 ANIMAL STARS films available on home video.
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