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Double Trouble
(1915)
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Douglas Fairbanks takes a comedic turn in this story of a hypnotized man with Jekyll and Hyde personalities. Directed by William Christy Cabanne, Fairbanks is supported by Margery Wilson, Richard Cummings, Olga Grey, Gladys Brockwell and Monroe Salisbury.
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 Film Preservation Society
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition
Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature (1915-1918), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Double Trouble (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Mr. Fix-It (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Society,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 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; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $35.00.
Release date: 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by a custom music score.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Double Trouble (1915), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, with From Leadville to Aspen (1906), black & white, 8 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7866D, UPC 0-89218-78669-2.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 15 November 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD-R edition of this early Fairbanks film has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print copied from a source print of the Enterprise rerelease version with several sections of active decomposition.
The film is presented with a soundtrack of preexisting recordings.
Not a great disc so we recommend the Blu-ray Disc from Film Preservation Society as the best home video edition of this film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS films available on home video.
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Douglas Fairbanks filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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