I have been learning my way around new digital video programs and have been able to refresh and restore some films that needed help. At the top of the list is Mr. A’s very first film, THE DEVIL, which until it was posted two years ago had been almost entirely unseen since its original release in 1920-21. Grateful for this significant event, we were aware of some shortcomings: the film speed was too fast, the image was rather faded, the opening titles were out of order, the the climatic ending was chopped up and way too abrupt. At the time there was little I could do to remedy these challenges but I’m pleased to unveil a better looking and sounding (music) version. I’ve beefed up the ending a little but I think Mr. A might approve. Please let me know what you think.
The director and the star of THE DEVIL (respectively):
A little bit of imaginative promotion by a theater owner:
Original lobby cards with hero Edmund Lowe, who later became a major film star in the 1930s:
and now the motion picture itself!
ARLISS ARCHIVES 
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