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The
Leopard Woman
(1920)
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This B-studio adventure drama, directed by Wesley Ruggles, stars Louise Glaum, House Peters and Noble Johnson.
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 Alpha Video
2014 DVD edition
The Leopard Woman (1924), color-toned black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7506D, UPC 0-89218-75069-3.
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, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 28 October 2014
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 8mm reduction print that is soft in image detail. The full-frame video transfer is in itself OK but is compromised by high disc compression.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting (low-fidelity) recordings.
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