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The
Wizard of Oz
Collection

(1925)

 

Contents: His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914), The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) [abridged 1917 rerelease version], The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and The Wizard of Oz (1925).

coverAlpha Video
2005 DVD edition

The Wizard of Oz Collection (1914-1925), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 258 minutes total, not rated, including His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) [abridged 1917 rerelease version], color-tinted black & white, 38 minutes, not rated, The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914), color-toned black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, and The Wizard of Oz (1925), color-toned black & white, 96 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 4831D, UPC 0-89218-48319-5.
One single-sided, dual-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 4.3 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $6.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 23 August 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 6 / additional content: 5 / overall: 5.

This DVD collection has been transferred from a number of reduction prints.

The musical accompaniment composed and performed by Paul David Bergel on MIDI synthesizers shows marked improvement over his previous compositions for silent film.

 
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