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The
Grey Vulture
(1926)

This western drama, directed by Forrest K. Sheldon, stars Ken Maynard and Hazel Deane, with Whitehorse, ‘Sailor’ Sharkey and Boris Bullock.

Grapevine Video
2009 DVD edition

The Grey Vulture (1926), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10366-7.
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 7.0 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; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95 (raised to $16.95).
Release date: November 2009.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 4.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print that shows a significant amount of emulsion scuffing and chipping, dust, speckling, and other print flaws.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from public-domain MIDI files and performed on a digital piano.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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