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The Thanhouser
Studio and the
Birth of American
Cinema

(2014)

 

This documentary, directed by Ned Thanhouser, details the establishment and success of the Thanhouser Company and Thanhouser Film Corporation of New Rochelle, New York.

coverThanhouser Company
Film Preservation
2014 Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition

The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema (2014), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, with Petticoat Camp (1912), black & white, 15 minutes, not rated, and The Evidence of the Film (1913), black & white, 15 minutes, not rated.

Thanhouser Company Film Preservation,
no catalog number, UPC 7-37885-60149-6.
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; and 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; insert booklet; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 15 September 2014.
Country of origin: USA
This BD-R / DVD-R edition has been mastered from the original materials created for the documentary.

Supplemental material includes two Thanhouser dramatic shorts: Petticoat Camp (1912) and The Evidence of the Film (1913).

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

 
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