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Made in New Jersey
Films from Fort Lee,
America’s First Film Town
(1909-2015)
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Contents: The Curtain Pole (1909), The Cord of Life (1909), The Indian Land Grab (1910), A Daughter of Dixie (1911), Flo’s Discipline (1912), A Girl of the West (1912), A Grocery Clerk’s Romance (1912), Not Like Other Girls (1912), Robin Hood (1912), Marked Cards (1913), The Vampire (1913), There She Goes (1913), The Danger Game (1918), Ghost Town: The Story of Fort Lee (1935), Cossacks in Exile (1939) and The Champion (2015).
This collection features films produced in and around Fort Lee, New Jersey, by Biograph Company, The Champion Film Company, Eclair Film Company of America, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Kalem Company, Incorporated, Keystone Film Company, Pathé Frères, Victor Film Company, and The Vitagraph Company of America, supplemented with two documentaries. The set is an expansion of Milestone’s DVD release, The Champion (2021).
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
Made in New Jersey: Films from Fort Lee, America’s First Film Town (1909-2015), black & white, 383 minutes total, not rated, including The Curtain Pole (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Cord of Life (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Indian Land Grab (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Daughter of Dixie (1911), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Flo’s Discipline (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Girl of the West (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Grocery Clerk’s Romance (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Not Like Other Girls (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Robin Hood (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Marked Cards (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Vampire (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, There She Goes (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Danger Game (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Ghost Town: The Story of Fort Lee (1935), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Cossacks in Exile (1939), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Champion (2015), color and black & white, 35 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, distributed by Kino Lorber,
K26962, UPC 7-38329-26962-3.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional English language SDH subtitles; chapter stops; 20-page insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $44.95.
Release date: 24 June 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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