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The Lost
Express
(1926)
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This B-studio railroad feature, directed by the prolific J.P. McGowan, features Helen Holmes and Jack Mower.
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
The Lost Express (1926), black & white, 43 minutes, not rated, with The Hazards of Helen: In Danger’s Path (1915), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment,
ALP 6733D, UPC 0-89218-67339-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 13 March 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print that is quite soft of image detail, greyed-out for the most part, and with occasional blasted-out picture highlights.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting film music recordings.
The supplemental material includes the 33rd chapter of The Hazards of Helen (1914-1917), “In Danger’s Path,” transferred from an 8mm reduction print.
Not a quality disc but, to our knowledge, it is the only available home video edition.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era J.P. McGOWAN films available on home video.
Other RAILROAD FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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