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Lorna Doone
(1922)

2005 Kino on Video DVD edition

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

Kino International, K417, UPC 7-38329-04172-4.
Windowboxed 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 12 chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, $29.95.
DVD release date: 6 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This edition has been transferred from an excellent 35mm restoration print financed by cinephile Jesse Pierce, who also produced this home video edition in 2001. The slightly windowboxed video transfer will appear as full-frame on most television monitors.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and arranged by Mari Lijima.

The spare supplemental section includes a stills gallery, a biography by director Maurice Tourneur, and a New York Times review of the film.

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2005 Grapevine Video DVD edition

Lorna Doone (1922), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated,
with The Sawmill (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown 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, standard DVD keepcase, $12.95 (raised to $14.95).
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.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from GRAPEVINE VIDEO.

Other silent era MAURICE TOURNEUR films available on home video.

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