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Scarlet Days
(1919)
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This rare western drama, directed by D.W. Griffith, features Richard Barthelmess, Clarine Seymour and Walter Long.
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 Grapevine Video
2008 DVD edition
Scarlet Days (1919), color-toned black & white, 76 minutes, not rated, with Rowdy Ann (1919), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10120-5.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 384 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from what may be 8mm reduction print materials. The picture image is contrasty with lost details in highlights and shadows, and the video transfer runs faster than natural speed. The fluctating exposures in the duplicate print at times makes discerning details challenging.
The film is accompanied by a canned orchestral music score edited together to loosely accompany the film.
While the visual quality is less than ideal, this is the only known DVD home video edition of this rare Griffith feature film.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Scarlet Days (1919), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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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 WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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