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The Innocence of
Ruth
(1916)

This Edison comedy-drama, directed by John H. Collins, stars Viola Dana and Edward Earle, with Augustus Phillips, Lena Davril and T. Tamamoto.

Grapevine Video
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition

The Innocence of Ruth (1916), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Brother of the Bear (1921), color-tinted black & white, 30 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44203-0.
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 MPEG-4 format at 29.0 Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.5 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 14 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 4 February 2021.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 6 / additional content: 5 / overall: 6.

This BD-R edition has been mastered in high-definition from a 16mm reduction print held by the Library of Congress film archive.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by David Drazin.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .

Grapevine Video
2021 DVD edition

The Innocence of Ruth (1916), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Brother of the Bear (1921), color-tinted black & white, 30 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; $19.95.
Release date: 4 February 2021.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered in high-definition from a 16mm reduction print held by the Library of Congress film archive.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by David Drazin.

This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .