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Just Pals
(1920)

John Ford’s first film for Fox Film Corporation is a simple drama of the character-redeeming friendship between a small-town ne’er-do-well and a hobo boy.

2007 Fox Home Video edition

The Ford at Fox Collection: John Ford’s Silent Epics (1920-1928),
black & white, 607 minutes total, not rated,
including Just Pals (1920), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated,
with The Iron Horse (1924) [domestic and international versions], black & white, 149 minutes (USA version) and 133 minutes (international version), not rated (Canada rated G), 3 Bad Men (1926), black & white, 92 minutes, not rated, Hangman’s House (1928), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated, and Four Sons (1928), black & white, 96 minutes, not rated.

Fox Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 0-24543-48324-3.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 5.0 surround sound and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, optional French and Spanish language subtitles, closed-captions, 21 chapter stops, slimline keep case, $49.98.
DVD release date: 4 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This first DVD edition of John Ford’s charming rural drama has been mastered from the best-surviving 35mm materials, which are a little blurred but feature a broad range of graytones and very-good image detail. The results look good on a high-definition monitor.

The film is accompanied by a new small-ensemble music score composed by Jonathan Kaplan and Alexander Kaplan.

The disc is only available in the Ford at Fox Collection: John Ford’s Silent Epics boxset.

 
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.

Other silent era JOHN FORD films available on home video.

 
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