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Heart o’ the Hills
(1919)

Mary Pickford stars in this foothills drama, directed by Sidney Franklin, that features Allan Sears, Claire McDowell, Sam de Grasse, John Gilbert and Harold Goodwin.

The Milestone Collection
2005 DVD edition

Heart o’ the Hills (1919), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated, with M’liss (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film and Video, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1972MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-19722-8.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; $29.99.
Release date: 3 May 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has been mastered from 35mm print materials.

The film is accompanied by a new music score by Maria Newman, which many collectors have complained about for its amateurish composition and annoying orchestration.

The disc also contains the early Mary Pickford feature M’liss (1918) accompanied by music composed by Donald Sosin.

We have reviewed DVDs in the Milestone Pickford series and are impressed with the quality of those discs. We are confident that this DVD is a quality production and it is our recommended edition.

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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition

Heart o’ the Hills (1919), black & white, 85 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 21 November 2014.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely presented with a score culled from preexisting recordings.

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Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition

Heart o’ the Hills (1919), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7194D, UPC 0-89218-71949-2.
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; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 29 October 2013.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition is likely to have been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The presentation is likely to be accompanied by a cobbled-together music score of preexisting musical recordings.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.