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Eyes of Youth
(1919)
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 Film Preservation Associates
2000 DVD edition
The Married Virgin (1918), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated, with Eyes of Youth (1919) [excerpts], black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID9704DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-97042-5.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (reissued on 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; snapper DVD case (reissued in standard DVD keepcase); $24.99.
Release date: 19 December 2000.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition includes exerpts from Eyes of Youth (1919), featuring Rudolph Valentino in another early surviving film role (10 minutes).
While this is probably the best-looking edition of the film even though excerpted, the entire film can be viewed in the DVD editions noted below.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
Eyes of Youth (1919), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated, with The Worldly Madonna (1922), black & white, 47 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10213-4.
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; $14.95.
Release date: 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
Eyes of Youth (1919), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6765D, UPC 0-89218-67659-7.
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 language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 17 April 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition includes a complete presentation of Eyes of Youth (1919), likely mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other RUDOLPH VALENTINO films available on home video.
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