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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 DVD 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.

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, 7 Mbps average video bit rate, 448 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, four slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase, $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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