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Ranson’s Folly
(1926)
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This western cavalry drama features Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill.
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 Grapevine Video
2009 DVD edition
Ranson’s Folly (1926), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10199-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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), 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 384 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: May 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print. The slightly windowboxed video transfer will appear as full-frame on most televisions.
The film is accompanied by a music score of compiled preexisting music from older motion picture soundtracks.
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Other silent era RICHARD BARTHELMESS films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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