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The Poor Little
Rich Girl
(1917)

This drama, directed by Maurice Tourneur, stars Mary Pickford, with Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks, Frank McGlynn, Emile LaCroix, Marcia Harris, Charles Craig and Frank Andrews.

The Milestone Cinematheque
2012 Blu-ray Disc edition

Rags & Riches Mary Pickford Collection (1910-1926), black & white, 257 minutes total, not rated, including The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.

Milestone Films, distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, MileBD00120, UPC 7-84148-01205-6, ISBN 978-1-933920-37-5.
Three single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Mbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; three-disc BD keepcase; $34.95.
Release date: 6 November 2012 (limited release, May 2012).
Country of origin: USA

With a previously unreleased (on DVD) Pickford title on it, and the DVD home video rerelease of Sparrows (1926), this collection of three Pickford features and a Biograph short will be highly appealing to collectors.

The films are accompanied by music scores by Philip Carli and the Flower City Society Orchestra, and music scores by Bonnie Ruth Janofsky and Jeffrey Silverman, both performed by the Rouse Philharmonic.

The supplemental material includes optional spoken intertitles with explanations of the action to assist younger viewers with their enjoyment of the films.

For our reviews of each presentation, see our Ramona on home video page, Poor Little Rich Girl on home video page, The Hoodlum on home video page, and Sparrows on home video page.

This edition is highly recommended.

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St. Clair Vision
2008 DVD edition

Mary Pickford Collection (1917-1925), black & white, 297 minutes total, not rated, including The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.

St. Clair Vision, COLVD81709, UPC 7-77966-81709-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 2.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 448 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 5.1 surround sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 15 April 2008.
Country of origin: USA

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

This budget DVD collection of four Pickford films contains an edition of The Poor Little Rich Girl, mastered from an older natural-speed analog video transfer that appears to have utlized a 16mm reduction print, which is soft on image detail, slightly squished horizontally throwing off the picture geometry, and full of little videotape glitches.

The film is presented with a custom music score performed with synthesized sounds of a circus calliope. Annoying, and hardly appropriate to the film’s content.

Not really a recommended edition, when you might still be able to find the Milestone edition noted above.

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Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition

The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7930D, UPC 0-89218-79309-6.
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: 11 April 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

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