Hell's Hinges (Silent)

Classic silent Western featuring the greatest silent movie cowboy of all time, William S. Hart.
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Format:  DVD-R
item number:  WHGV
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DVD-R Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 59 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1916
  • Label: Alpha Video

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User Ratings: 101
The images are as direct and bare as the characters' emotions, and the harsh drama builds to a mad, apocalyptic climax of crime and revenge. Full Review
New Yorker
Jan 4, 2016
Rating: B -- An early silent William S. Hart western that delivers a religious message about moral retribution. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Jun 1, 2007

Description by OLDIES.com:

Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the lawless frontier town of Hell's Hinges, intent on reforming its amoral citizens. Local saloon keeper and deep-dyed villain Silk Miller, realizing that a temperate populace would be bad for business, discredits the preacher by ordering a dancehall girl to seduce and denounce him. But Miller hasn't reckoned on interference from his former accomplice, notorious gunfighter Blaze Tracy, who has fallen in love with Faith and becomes an avenging angel on her behalf.

By 1916, former stage actor Hart was already established as a Western star, but the unexpected box-office success of Hell's Hinges took his career to another level. Although he had portrayed reformed outlaws before, something about Blaze Tracy resonated powerfully with moviegoers - so much so that he would play variations of the character in most of his subsequent films. But Hart's performance wasn't the only exemplary thing about Hell's Hinges: C. Gardner Sullivan's story brought Biblical allusion to sagebrush sagas, and its apocalyptic, fire-and-brimstone climax rocked audiences accustomed to tamer resolutions in Westerns. - Ed Hulse

Product Description:

When a young minister arrives in a tiny western town, an outlaw is transformed - not by religion, but by the sight of the minister's beautiful sister. Meanwhile, the "man of God" is seduced by a dance hall girl and becomes so depraved that he leads a frenzied mob in burning down his own church! Silent film with music score.

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  • Sales Rank: 19,324
  • UPC: 089218641793
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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