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The Whistle
(1921)
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This feature drama, directed by Lambert Hillyer, stars William S. Hart and Myrtle Stedman, with support from Frank Brownlee, Georgie Stone and Robert Kortman.
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The Whistle (1921), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with The Taking of Luke McVane (1915), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7709D, UPC 0-89218-77099-8.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles, 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 6 October 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print of the film. The source print is constrasty and dark in places and there is the usual amount of speckling and dust in the coarse video transfer.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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Other WILLIAM S. HART films available on home video.
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William S. Hart filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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