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Lightning Hutch
(1926)

This 10-chapter serial, directed by Charles Hutchison, stars Charles Hutchison and Edith Thornton, with Sheldon Lewis, Eddie Phillips, Violet Schram, Ben Walker and Virginia Pearson.

Grapevine Video
2004 DVD edition

Lightning Hutch (1926), color-tinted black & white, 230 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-46214-10011-8.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 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 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 6.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered in a full-frame analog video transfer from very-good 35mm print materials, resulting in a relatively pleasant viewing experience. There is the usual amount of dust, speckling, schmutz, and other flaws in the source prints.

The serial is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from abruptly-edited preexisting music recordings.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .

Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Lightning Hutch (1926), black & white, 230 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .