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Beyond the
Border
(1925)

This independently-produced western, directed by Scott R. Dunlap, stars Harry Carey with Mildred Harris, William Scott, Tom Santschi and Jack Richardson.

Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition

Beyond the Border (1925), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6688D, UPC 0-89218-66889-9.
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 6.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 29 November 2011.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 0 / overall: 3.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 8mm reduction print.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fidelity music recordings.

Note: Our file copy of this edition is a standard DVD and not a manufactured-on-demand DVD-R. We do not know if this is now the standard distribution format for this Alpha Video title.

This is the only home video edition of the film we are aware of.

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