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Alias
Jimmy Valentine
(1915)
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This crime drama, directed by Maurice Tourneur, stars Robert Warwick and Ruth Shepley, with Robert Cummings, Alec B. Francis, Johnny Hines, Thomas M. Osborne, Frederick Truesdell, D.J. Flanagan, Walter Craven and John Boone.
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 The Library of Congress /
Smithsonian Video
2001 DVD edition
The Origins of Film (1900-1927), black & white, color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 560 minutes total, not rated, including Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915), black & white, color-toned black & white and color-tinted black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
The Library of Congress / Smithsonian Video, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID9807UMDVD, UPC 0-14381-98072-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; three standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $79.99.
Release date: 13 March 2001.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition contains the best available version of Alias Jimmy Valentine, transferred from a 35mm print. Originally prepared for release in a laserdisc boxset.
For want of a readily available release, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 12 March 2025
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era MAURICE TOURNEUR films available on home video.
Other silent era JOHNNY HINES films available on home video.
Other CRIME FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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