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The Adventures of
Bill & Bob
(1921)

Contents: Catching a Fox (1921), The Skunk (1921), Trapping the Coyote (1921), Trapping the Bob Cat (1921), A Day in the Wilds (1921), Capturing a Canadian Lynx (1921), Capturing a Koala Bear (1921) and Trapping the Mountain Lion (1921).

Future western star Bob Steele (Robert Bradbury Jr.) and his brother William Bradbury starred in these juvenile short films directed by their father, Robert N. Bradbury.

Grapevine Video
2019 Blu-ray Disc edition

The Adventures of Bill & Bob (1921), black & white, 95 minutes total, not rated, including Catching a Fox (1921), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, The Skunk (1921), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Trapping the Coyote (1921), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated, Trapping the Bob Cat (1921), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, A Day in the Wilds (1921), black & white, 15 minutes, not rated, Capturing a Canadian Lynx (1921), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Capturing a Koala Bear (1921), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, and Trapping the Mountain Lion (1921), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: May 2019.
Country of origin: USA

This BD-R collection has been mastered from 2K high-resolution scans of what are likely to be 16mm reduction prints.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by David Knudtson.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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Grapevine Video
2019 DVD edition

Grapevine Video, 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; $16.95.
Release date: May 2019.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R collection has been mastered from 2K high-resolution scans of what are likely to be 16mm reduction prints.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by David Knudtson.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.