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The
Soul of Youth
(1920)

This feature-length drama, directed by William Desmond Taylor, features Lewis Sargent, Ernest Butterworth, Clyde Fillmore, Grace Morse, Lila Lee, Elizabeth Janes and Buster Collier.

National Film Preservation Foundation
2007 DVD edition

Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film (1900-1934), black & white and color, 739 minutes total, not rated, including The Soul of Youth (1920), color-toned black & white and black & white, 80 minutes, not rated.

National Film Preservation Foundation, distributed by Image Entertainment, NATD3827DVD, UPC 0-14381-38272-3.
Four single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 5.5 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; four standard DVD keepcases with book of program notes in cardboard slipcase; $89.99.
Release date: 16 October 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD collection from the National Film Preservation Foundation includes a complete presentation of this feature film directed by William Desmond Taylor, transferred in a slightly windowboxed format.

The film is presented with a modern music score.

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