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The Girl Who
Stayed at Home
(1919)
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This rarely-seen film directed by D.W. Griffith stars Carol Dempster and Richard Barthelmess in this World War I romantic drama.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10475-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 13 January 2012.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition of the rare D.W. Griffith film has been mastered from very-good 16mm reduction print materials.
The film is accompanied by a piano music score that reasonably fits the mood of the film.
This disc is a slightly better-looking presentation than the one listed below and thus is our recommended edition.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Alpha Video
2020 DVD edition
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8306D, UPC 0-89218-83069-2.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 14 January 2020.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 4 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from what appears to be a 16mm reduction print. There are some slight compression artifacts to be seen but the picture quality is not horrible.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings of varying audio quality.
Given the slightly (very slight to some eyes) lower-quality picture and the cheap soundtrack of this edition, we recommend the Grapevine Video edition noted above.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.
Other silent era RICHARD BARTHELMESS films available on home video.
Other WORLD WAR I FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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