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It’s the Old Army Game
(1926)

200? unidentified individual edition

It’s the Old Army Game (1926), black & white, 70 minutes, not rated.

Unknown individual, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, 5.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 1536 kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, no chapter stops, keep case, no set retail price.
DVD release date: unknown.
Country of origin: USA

This questionable edition, purchased on eBay, has been mastered from a VHS videotape copy of a full-frame sound-speed video transfer from a 16mm reduction print, and shows all the signs of its origin with smeary image detail and occasional videotape glitches.

A very trying viewing experience. It is, however, the only DVD home video edition of the film currently available to collectors.

Other silent era Louise Brooks films available on home video:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
Love ’em and Leave ’em (1926)
Pandora’s Box (1929)
The Show Off (1926)

About Louise Brooks:
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
Lulu in Berlin (1971)

Other silent era W.C. Fields films available on home video:
Pool Sharks (1915)
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)

Louise Brooks filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List

 
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