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The Return of
‘Draw’ Egan
(1916)
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This short feature western, directed by William S. Hart, stars Hart and Margery Wilson, with support from Louise Glaum, Robert McKim and J.P. Lockney.
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 Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition
The Return of ‘Draw’ Egan (1916), color-toned black & white, 51 minutes, not rated, with Droppington’s Family Tree (1915), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10110-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print, touted as being complete.
The films are accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.
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 Alpha Video
2010 DVD edition
The Return of ‘Draw’ Egan (1916), black & white, 46 minutes, not rated, with Love, Speed and Thrills (1915), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6465D, UPC 0-89218-64659-0.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono? sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 30 November 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print of the Blackhawk Films home release version of the film. The source print is constrasty in places and there is the usual amount of speckling and dust in the coarse video transfer.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other WILLIAM S. HART films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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William S. Hart filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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