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Lorna Doone
(1922)
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2005 Kino International edition

Lorna Doone (1922), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered? DVD disc, 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: 6 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This home video edition has been transferred from a 35mm restoration print.

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

Lorna Doone (1922), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated, with The Sawmill (1922), black & white, ? 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, $12.95.
DVD release date: August 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Released virtually head-to-head against the Kino edition above, this Grapevine edition is touted as “transferred from an original print,” but 16mm or 35mm we do not know.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available from Grapevine Video.

Other silent era Maurice Tourneur films available on DVD home video:
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
The Blue Bird (1918)
A Girl’s Folly (1917)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
The Pride of the Clan (1917)
Victory (1919)
The Wishing Ring (1914)

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