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Shifting Sands
(1918)

This Gloria Swanson drama was directed by Albert Parker.

2008 Grapevine Video edition

Shifting Sands (1918), color-toned black & white, 52 minutes, not rated,
with Manhandled (1924), black & white, 68 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, 10035, UPC 8-42614-10035-2.
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, 6 chapter stops, keep case, $14.95.
DVD release date: 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition, originally prepared for VHS release in 2003, has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

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

2009 TeleVista edition

Shifting Sands (1918), black & white, 47 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: 28 April 2009.
Country of origin: USA

Based on previous TeleVista releases, we do not recommend this disc as it is likely overpriced for its questionable quality.

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 silent era GLORIA SWANSON films available on home video.

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