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McVeagh of the
South Seas
[Brute Island]
(1914)
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This South Seas drama was written and directed by Harry Carey, and stars Harry Carey, Kathleen Butler, Herbert Russell, Fern Foster and Jack Terry.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
McVeagh of the South Seas [Brute Island] (1914), color-tinted black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-00022-5.
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: 8 August 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This remastered DVD-R edition has likely been transferred from a 16mm reduction print. The new digital transfer has been promoted as being clearer and as being from higher-quality source material.
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
2013 DVD edition
McVeagh of the South Seas [Brute Island] (1914), black & white, 62 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6936D, UPC 0-89218-69369-3.
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 6.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 26 February 2013.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 4 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print of the rerelease version of the film.
The film is accompanied by a music score anonymously performed on piano that may actually originate from preexisting recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2003 DVD edition
McVeagh of the South Seas [Brute Island] (1914), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-00022-5.
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 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely to have 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 has been discontinued
and is . . .
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