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Silent Era
Studio Tours
(1915-1925)
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Contents: Behind the Screen (1915), A Trip to Paramountown (1922), A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1924), The City of Stars: A Reporter’s Visit to the Universal Studios (1925) and MGM 1925 Studio Tour (1925).
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 Grapevine Video
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition
Silent Era Studio Tours (1915-1925), black & white, 111 minutes total, not rated, including Behind the Screen (1915), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, A Trip to Paramountown (1922), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1924), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, The City of Stars: A Reporter’s Visit to the Universal Studios (1925), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, and MGM 1925 Studio Tour (1925), black & white, 30 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: November 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This BD-R collection has been mastered from 2K high-resolution scans of a number of prints.
The films are likely accompanied by sountracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Supplemental material includes Studio and Stars of MGM & Warner Brothers (10 minutes).
This is our recommended home video edition of these films.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2021 DVD edition
Silent Era Studio Tours (1915-1925), black & white, 111 minutes total, not rated, including Behind the Screen (1915), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, A Trip to Paramountown (1922), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1924), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, The City of Stars: A Reporter’s Visit to the Universal Studios (1925), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, and MGM 1925 Studio Tour (1925), black & white, 30 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44999-2.
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: November 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection has been mastered from 2K high-resolution scans of a number of prints.
The films are likely accompanied by sountracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Supplemental material includes Studio and Stars of MGM & Warner Brothers (10 minutes).
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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