It's interesting, the Google Video version of The Eagle is almost 90 and a half minutes long, while my Killham Collection DVD is less than 72! I've seen both versions and I have not seen any extra scenes in the longer version, it seems to me that the time difference is due to the projection speed, although the opening and closing credits on the DVD are *not* to same as on the Google Video version. Any other ideas or perhaps comments on this....
shareI think projection speed is the answer. There is a tendency to play AND transfer silent films at much too fast a rate. Not so much today, but until, say, the 1970s.
Sometimes they were re-issued from the negative at the wrong rate: that is why most of the Chaplin or Keaton shorts one sees around on 1940s, 1950s celluloid are so fast and jerky. This was considered "funny", but is totally unacceptable in serious drama.
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Lugonian, in the IMDb reviews section states:
The popularity of THE EAGLE assured its availability during the early years of video cassettes. In a very hard to locate video, distributed as early as 1980 (manufacturer unknown), the copy featured a fine 1920s style Movietone score consisting of classical Russian symphonies that were used for latter theatrical reissues, along with original opening movie titles.
In later years, various other prints became available, such as Video Yesteryear with an accu-speed copy longer than the standard 74 minutes; the Blackhawk (later Republic Pictures) video with the use of the print [from the Killiam Collection], as well as a video labeled "Legendary Silents" with orchestral score conducted by Carl Davis. It is also available on DVD.
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