Search - The Bells on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1926 DVD Release: 03/28/2000 Format: DVD - Black and White SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller

The play The Bells (based on the French Le Juif Polonais) was brought to the screen in 1926. Lionel Barrymore plays a merchant who murders a Jewish entrepreneur and appropriates the dead man's fortune. Though no evidence exists to convict him, Barrymore cannot escape his own conscience due to the intervention of a mentalist. Whenever he hears the pealing of church bells, Barrymore is haunted by images of his crime and his victim. Of interest is the appearance of Boris Karloff, in Caligariesque makeup as the mesmerist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This classic silent chiller has been given a simple but serviceable presentation on DVD. The Bells has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and Eric Beheim's musical score has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. In addition to the main feature, the disc includes an addition short subject, René Clair's whimsical fantasy Paris Qui Dort. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide