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The Roaring
Rider
(1926)

This independently-produced western, directed by Richard Thorpe, stars Jay Wilsey as Buffalo Bill Jr. with Jean Arthur, Frank Ellis and Bert Lindley.

Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition

Black Gold (1924), black & white, 38 minutes, not rated, with The Roaring Rider (1926), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10649-1.
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 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 13 May 1924.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from an abbreviated 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting music sources.

This is the only best home video edition of the film we are aware of.

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