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The Circle
(1925)

This Frank Borzage comedy-drama stars Eleanor Boardman and Malcolm McGregor, with support from Alec B. Francis, George Fawcett and Creighton Hale.

Warner Archive Collection
2012 DVD edition

The Circle (1925), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-67685-1.
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 7.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $18.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 6 November 2012.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 0 / overall: 8.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm print and is presented as originally prepared for telecast on Turner Classic Movies. The print does still have a moderate amount of speckling, fine scratches, and other minor print flaws.

The film is accompanied by a bright orchestral music score composed by Garth Neustadter.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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