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The Italian
(1915)
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Produced by Thomas H. Ince, this social drama stars George Beban.
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 Flicker Alley
2008 DVD edition
Perils of the New Land (1910-1915), black & white, 194 minutes total, not rated, including The Italian (1915), color-tinted black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0010,
UPC 6-17311-67389-4, ISBN 1-89396-738-7.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 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 7.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 15 chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 15 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been produced in conjunction with David Shepard of Film Preservation Associates, who has previously released The Italian in earlier home video formats. Its debut on quality DVD is welcome. The presentation of The Italian has utilized an assembly from three source prints, predominantly an original 35mm nitrate print.
Musical accompaniment is provided by Rodney Sauer and The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
The Italian (1915), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated, with The Egyptian Mummy (1914), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10040-6.
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 languages intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: January 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been transferred from 16mm reduction print materials.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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 Alpha Video
2019 DVD edition
The Italian (1915), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8165D, UPC 0-89218-81659-7.
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 languages intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 8 January 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction prints.
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