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A Girl’s Folly
(1917)
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This lightweight comedy-drama, directed by Maurice Tourneur and scripted by Frances Marion and Tourneur, stars Robert Warwick, Doris Kenyon and Johnny Hines. The film contains some great behind-the-scenes looks at filmmaking in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2003 DVD edition
Before Hollywood There Was Fort Lee, N.J. (1964), color and black & white, 40 minutes, not rated, with A Girl’s Folly (1917) [excerpts], color-toned black & white, 30 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1855DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-18552-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 20 May 2003.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 6.
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This abbreviated DVD edition of A Girl’s Folly, also known as A Movie Romance, has utlized a very-good-to-excellent 35mm source print for the slightly windowboxed sepia-toned natural-speed video transfer. The tonal ranges are broad and image detail very-good. Viewing the disc on high-definition equipment is a pleasure.
The film exerpts are accompanied by an excellent music score performed on piano and violin.
Included on this documentary disc as an example of Fort Lee filmmaking, and also as a wry look by filmmakers at their industry, we hope that someday the entire film will be made available.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
A Girl’s Folly (1917), black & white, 57 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: September 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. As with all prints of this film we have viewed, some print decomposition is seen in the first and last reels.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Reelclassicdvd.com
200? DVD edition
A Girl’s Folly (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Beloved Blackmailer (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-94502-6.
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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.00.
Release date: 200?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition features a complete presentation of A Girl’s Folly, and has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print held in a private film collection. Some print decomposition is seen in the first and last reels.
The film is accompanied by a Wurlitzer organ score performed by Bernie Anderson.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
REELCLASSIC DVD through . . .
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Other silent era MAURICE TOURNEUR films available on home video.
Other silent era JOHNNY HINES films available on home video.
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