Republic Pictures Home Entertainment

History

In 1983, National Telefilm Associates, whose original contract with The Nostalgia Merchant had expired at the time, had set up its own home video division, NTA Home Entertainment, to issue its library on videocassette. In 1984, it launched a division, Spotlite Video, which was restricted to issuing public domain material.

By the end of the year, NTA had bought out logos, copyrights, and trademarks of Republic Pictures Corporation, renaming itself as said company in its second incarnation, and as a result, the home video division was renamed to Republic Pictures Home Video. In 1985, they launched a religious sub-label, Inspiration Video, which served the same function as Spotlite, with most of the material licensed from World Wide Pictures. Also that year, the company briefly held distribution of Vidmark Entertainment's titles.

In early 1986, the Spotlite and Inspiration labels began to be phased out in favor of using the Republic Pictures Home Video name. It continued as a supplier of public domain material, and official Republic productions, alongside original material.

In the early 1990s, the company secured a deal with Lumiere Pictures to market and distribute titles on videocassette, as well as a deal with Hallmark to market and distribute titles on videocassette. Hallmark ended its deal with Republic soon afterwards and began marketing its own library on videocassette. In 1993, Republic Pictures formed a new umbrella company, Republic Pictures Home Entertainment, with Republic Pictures Home Video becoming a division of this company. The following year, Worldvision Home Video was folded into RPHV.

In 1998, the RPHV name was phased out, and RPHE secured a distribution deal with Artisan Home Entertainment, in which the latter would market and distribute titles from the former.

Releases under the Republic Pictures Home Entertainment label

As Republic Pictures Home Video

1989

Catalog number	Title	Country of origin	Original year	Length	Version	MPAA rating	Film format	Tape count	Tape break placement (if applicable)	Color	Released	Note(s)
3020	Night of the Demons	USA	1988	90 min	Unrated version	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Color	1989

1991

Catalog number	Title	Country of origin	Original year	Length	Version	MPAA rating	Film format	Tape count	Tape break placement (if applicable)	Color	Released	Note(s)
0226	Battleship Potemkin From Killiam Shows	Soviet Union	1925	68 min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Black and white	August 8, 1991	TBD
0309	The Birth of a Nation From Killiam Shows	USA	1915	159 min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Tinted	August 8, 1991	TBD
0342	Blood and Sand From Killiam Shows	USA	1922	80 min	1971 television version	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Tinted	August 8, 1991	Score by William Perry.
0480	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari From Killiam Shows	Germany	1920	68 min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Black and white	August 8, 1991	Presented at the original 18 frames per second. This version does not have any credits, save for a still of the original German title.
1068	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde From Killiam Shows	USA	1920	63 min	1971 television version	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Tinted	August 8, 1991	Score by Lee Erwin.
1934	The Hunchback of Notre Dame From Killiam Shows	USA	1923	94 min	1970 television version	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Black and white	August 8, 1991	Score by Lee Erwin.
2003	Intolerance From Killiam Shows	USA	1916	123 min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Tinted	August 8, 1991	TBD
2211	Kriemhilde's Revenge From Killiam Shows	Germany	1924	95 min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Black and white	August 8, 1991	TBD
2687	The Mark of Zorro From Killiam Shows	USA	1920	90 min	1971 television version	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Tinted	August 8, 1991	Score by William Perry.
3030	Nosferatu From Killiam Shows	Germany	1922	60 min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Black and white	August 8, 1991	TBD
3079	Orphans of the Storm From Killiam Shows	USA	1921	120 min	1971 television version	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Tinted	August 8, 1991	Score by William Perry.
3686	Siegfried From Killiam Shows	Germany	1924	110 min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	Black and white	August 8, 1991	TBD