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Captain January
(1924)
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This Baby Peggy feature film was directed by Edward F. Cline and features Hobart Bosworth and Irene Rich.
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2013 DVD edition
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room (2012), color and black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Captain January (1924), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, Peg of the Mounties (1921) black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Carmen, Jr. (1923) black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, and Such is Life (1924) black & white, 17 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, (now distributed by Kino Lorber),
Mile00127, UPC 7-84148-01274-2, ISBN 978-1-933920-474.
One single-sided, single-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; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 5 November 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition includes a full-length pillarboxed 16:9 format presentation of the Baby Peggy feature film, Captain January (1924) transferred from very-good print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton.
In addition, this edition contains a full-length documentary on Baby Peggy and three short Baby Peggy comedies: Peg of the Mounties (1921), Carmen, Jr. (1923) and Such is Life (1924), all accompanied by music scores performed by Guenter Buchwald.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
MILESTONE FILMS through . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
Captain January (1924), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated, with Snooky’s Fresh Heir (1921), color-toned black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10251-6.
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 language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase, $16.95.
Release date: 2007.
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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Other silent era BABY PEGGY films available on home video.
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