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The Sea Lion
(1921)

This drama features Hobart Bosworth in a story, made for his own production company, that also stars Bessie Love.

2008 Unknown Video edition

The Sea Lion (1921), color-toned black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with The Average Woman (1924), color-toned black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Unknown 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $18.95.
DVD release date: 1 August 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an original print. The film is presented with musical accompaniment performed by David Drazin.

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

2009 TeleVista edition

Wild and Woolly (1917), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.

TeleVista, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $19.95.
DVD release date: 6 January 2009.
Country of origin: USA

This edition is likely to be mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print. Other TeleVista editions have been of lousy quality for the relatively high cost, and — sight as yet unseen — we recommend that you instead purchase the Unknown Video edition noted above.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other NAUTICAL silent era films available on home video.

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