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Golden Rule
Kate
(1917)

This western feature, directed by Reginald Barker, stars Louise Glaum and William Conklin, with Jack Richardson, Mildred Harris, J.P. Lockney, Gertrude Claire, H. Milton Ross and John Gilbert as a skinny, rambunctious young cowboy.

Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Golden Rule Kate (1917), black & white, 50 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; $11.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA

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.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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

Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition

Wild Horse Canyon (1938), black & white, 49 minutes, not rated, with Golden Rule Kate (1917) [abridged], black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6689D, UPC 0-89218-66899-8.
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 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 29 November 2011.
Country of origin: USA •

Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a fair to good 8mm reduction print that is coarse in image detail, and substantially marked with scratches, dust, speckling, frame jitters and other print flaws. Note that this is not a full presentation of the film.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fi music recordings.

Even the main feature looks crappy in this poorly-produced disc.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .