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His Majesty,
the American
(1919)
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Douglas Fairbanks stars as a thrill seeker who travels to the small country of Alaine. Also featuring Marjorie Daw and Frank Campeau.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
His Majesty, the American (1916), black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10466-4.
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: 12 December 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This remastered DVD-R edition has been transferred from a 16mm reduction print. Grapevine Video states that this edition features “a brand new digital transfer [that] yields a brighter and cleaner picture for a vast improvement.”
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack by David Knudtson.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
His Majesty, the American (1916), black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.
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; $14.95.
Release date: December 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack by David Knudtson.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS films available on home video.
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Douglas Fairbanks filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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