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Robinson Crusoe
(1927)
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This vanity project adaptation of the Daniel Defoe novel, produced and directed by M.A. Wetherell, stars M.A. Wetherell as Crusoe, with Herbert Waithe, Fay Compton and Reginald Fox.
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
Robinson Crusoe (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Be My King (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7122D, UPC 0-89218-71229-5.
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; $6.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 12 July 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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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 music recordings.
Supplemental material includes a Lupino Lane comedy.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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