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The
Douglas MacLean
Collection

(1920-1923)

 

Contents: One a Minute (1921), Bell Boy 13 (1923) and A Trip Through the World’s Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920).

This collection of two Douglas MacLean feature films and a documentary short presents all the charm of an actor who has been ripe for rediscovery by modern audiences.

The production of this collection was originally funded by individual supporters on Kickstarter.

coverUndercrank Productions
2020 DVD edition

The Douglas MacLean Collection (1920-1923), black & white, 123 minutes total, not rated, including One a Minute (1921), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated, Bell Boy 13 (1923), black & white, 44 minutes, not rated, and A Trip Through the World’s Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.

Undercrank Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 6-47213-97021-0.
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 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 18 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

This DVD-R collection has been produced from very-good to excellent print materials preserved and held by The Library of Congress. The results are very pleasing, for the high-definition digital video transfers maintain a broad range of greyscale tones and sharp image details.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Ben Model.

 
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