Image Entertainment

25 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 10 in HD15 in SD9 more for audio only

Based in United StatesFounded 1981

Films where Image Entertainment's release is the pick. How picks are made

Founded in 1981 in Chatsworth, California, Image Entertainment began as a LaserDisc distributor licensing studio catalogues, then moved to DVD with catalogue films, concerts, TV and foreign titles. Many silent-era discs came from David Shepard's Film Preservation Associates, drawn from the Blackhawk Films library. RLJ Acquisition bought the company in 2012 and merged it with Acorn Media as RLJ Entertainment, retiring the Image name.

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Films where Image Entertainment's release is the pick. How picks are made

15 in SD

Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating

The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Directors: James Sibley Watson & Melville Webber

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1922 – 1954 Blu-ray or Image Entertainment Treasures from American Film Archives DVD

3.6

Hell's Hinges (1916)

Director: Charles Swickard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo DVD or Image Entertainment Treasures from the American Archive DVD

Video Notes:

AlphaVideo DVD or Image Entertainment Treasures from the American Archive DVD no comparison available

3.4

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

Director: Otis Turner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2000/2010 Image Entertainment DVD or 2013 Warner Bros The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3 (in SD)

2.9

Kid (1990)

Director: John Mark Robinson

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

US Image Entertainment LaserDisc

Video Notes:

US Image Entertainment LaserDisc is pan-and-scan, but is the best quality release of the film. Widescreen version never released on home video.

Audio Notes:

US Image Entertainment LaserDisc has the original Dolby Stereo mix.

Additional Info:

Germany DVD is a dupe-y transfer ripped from a VHS with German titles, PAL speedup, and mono audio.

Rip Van Winkle (1896)

Director: William K.L. Dickson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Grapevine DVD Rip Van 1921 extras or OOP Image Entertainment DVD

Peter Pan (1960)

Director: Vincent J. Donehue

Best English-Friendly & Video:

1990 Image Entertainment/GoodTimes LaserDisc or 1999 GoodTimes DVD

Best Audio:

1990 Image Entertainment/GoodTimes LaserDisc

Powwow Highway (1989)

Director: Jonathan Wacks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Image Entertainment or Anchor Bay OOP DVD

Life of an American Fireman (1903)

Director: Edwin S. Porter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Edison: The Invention of the Movies DVD extras or

Image Entertainment More Treasures from American Film Archives DVD extras

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

Director: Edwin S. Porter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Image Entertainment OOP Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film DVD

Sources: silentera.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Image Entertainment OOP Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film DVD is the only one color-toned, so recommended over other DVD releases, see silentera comparison

I, an Actress (1977)

Director: George Kuchar

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Image Entertainment Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986 OOP DVD

Fake Fruit Factory (1986)

Director: Chick Strand

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Image Entertainment Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986 OOP DVD

Sources: filmpreservation.org (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Also available on NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/2011-nfr-fake-fruit-factory-1986

A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)

Director: Laurence Trimble

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Image Entertainment Slapstick Encyclopedia DVD

Sources: silentera.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

While no comparison is available, the Image Entertainment Slapstick Encyclopedia DVD is scanned from "an excellent, though slightly worn, 35mm print with several splices" according to silentera while later DVDs are probably not

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