Silent Releases in August from Kino Lorber
Many home video labels have slowed their output during this pandemic, but Kino Lorber has still been announcing upcoming releases almost daily. This week, Kino Lorber Studio Classics announced the Blu-ray release of four silent films on August 25th — John Ford’s Hell Bent (1918) and The Reginald Denny Collection 2-disc set, which will include the comedies The Reckless Age (1924), Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926), and What Happened to Jones? (1926).
Here are the intriguing announcements from the Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ Facebook page:
Coming August 25th on DVD and BD!
Hell Bent (1918)
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES
- Archival 1970 Audio Interview with John Ford by Joseph McBride, author of Searching for John Ford
- Audio commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride
- Video Essay by Film Critic Tag Gallagher
- Music by Zachary Marsh
Hell Bent is a rousing Western from the series of Cheyenne Harry adventures that legendary director John Ford (credited as Jack Ford early in his career) made with star Harry Carey (Straight Shooting). Cheyenne Harry was an outlaw with a heart of gold, played with stoic warmth by Carey, whose performances were a pivotal influence on John Wayne.
THE REGINALD DENNY COLLECTION (2-DISC SET)
- The Reckless Age (1924) Directed by Harry Pollard
- Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926) Directed by William A. Seiter
- What Happened to Jones?(1926) Directed by William A. Seiter
Special Features:
- NEW 4K RESTORATIONS FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES
- 3 Audio commentaries by Film Historian Anthony Slide
- The Reckless Age music by Jake Monaco
- What Happened to Jones? music by Anthony Willis
- Skinner’s Dress Suit music by Leo Birenberg
- O-Card slipcase (BD Only)
The Reginald Denny Collection gathers three silent features from the career of the debonair British star: The Reckless Age, Skinner’s Dress Suit, and What Happened to Jones? The former amateur boxing champion made his name in a series of two-reelers about the fighting life, The Leather Pushers (1922), but soon made his way up to leading man. In the romantic comedy The Reckless Age Denny plays an insurance agent who insinuates himself into the case of a wealthy heiress. In Skinner’s Dress Suit, directed by comedy ace William A. Seiter (Sons of the Desert), he is a shy clerk who asks his boss for a raise at the urging of his wife. His request is rejected, but he lies to his wife, who immediately goes out and buys an expensive suit, an act that upends his once-ordered life. And in What Happened to Jones?, also directed by Seiter, Denny plays a wealthy young bachelor on the night before his wedding. He is convinced to attend a poker party which is promptly raided, sending him on the run in a series of increasingly hilarious disguises.
