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The Pride of
the Clan
(1917)
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Mary Pickford stars with her brother-in-law Matt Moore in director Maurice Tourneur’s tale of Scottish clans.
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 Grapevine Video
2004 DVD edition
The Pride of the Clan (1917), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated, with Sweet Memories (1911), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-48614-10050-5.
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 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print that is a little on the dark side.
The film is presented with a score of preexisting recordings edited to fit the film’s action.
Included is one of Pickford’s few surviving IMP films from 1911.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Alpha Video
2018 DVD edition
The Pride of the Clan (1917), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8043D, UPC 0-89218-80439-6.
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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 13 March 2018.
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 recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other silent era MARY PICKFORD films available on home video.
Other silent era MAURICE TOURNEUR films available on home video.
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Mary Pickford filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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