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The Perils of
Pauline
(1914)
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This early serial stars Pearl White and Crane Wilbur, and features support from Paul Panzer, Edward José, Donald MacKenzie, Grace Darling, Jack Standing and (maybe) a very young Milton Berle.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
The Perils of Pauline (1914), color-toned black & white, 199 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-80074-04363-5.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 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 two-disc DVD keepcase; $22.95.
Release date: 29 May 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of the nine chapters of The Perils of Pauline has been reissued in a two-disc edition and has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.
The serial is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The Perils of Pauline [abridged feature film version] (1914), color-toned black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Katchem Kate (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7627D, UPC 0-89218-76279-5.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 28 April 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition of the feature film version of The Perils of Pauline has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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