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The Busher
(1919)
on

2007 Kino International edition

Reel Baseball: Baseball Films from the Silent Era (1899-1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $29.95.
DVD release date: 3 April 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This collection of short and feature-length baseball films, including The Busher, has been transferred from film elements provided by Dennis Atkinson, Film Preservation Associates, the Larson-Casselton Collection, the Library of Congress, and Lobster Films, and is accompanied by music composed and performed by David Drazin, David Knudtson and Ben Model.

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2005 Grapevine Video edition

The Busher (1919), black & white and color-toned black & white, 63 minutes, not rated, with The Pinch Hitter (1917), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $16.95.
DVD release date: November 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This budget edition has been mastered from an original Kodascope 16mm reduction print with color-toned sequences.

 

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available from Grapevine Video.
Other baseball films from the silent era available on DVD home video:
Headin’ Home (1920)
Reel Baseball: Baseball Films from the Silent Era (1899-1926)

Other silent era Charles Ray films available on DVD home video:
Garden of Eden (1928)

Other silent era Colleen Moore films available on DVD home video:
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923)
Ella Cinders (1926)
Orchids and Ermine (1927)
Twinkletoes (1926)
 
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