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The Mother and
the Law
(1919)

This D.W. Griffith production, reeedited by Griffith from the modern episode of Intolerance (1916), features Mae Marsh, Robert Harron.

Master of Cinema
2014 Blu-ray Disc edition

Intolerance (1916), color-toned black & white and color-tinted black & white, 167 minutes, BBFC Certification PG, with The Mother and the Law (1919), black & white, 99 minutes, BBFC Certification PG, and The Fall of Babylon (1919), black & white, 62 minutes, BBFC Certification PG.

Eureka Entertainment,
EKA70153 (MoC 99), UPC 5-060000-701531.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region B Blu-ray Disc; 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 5.1 surround sound encoded at ? Mbps average audio bit rate and LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 40-page insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; £14.99.
Release date: 8 December 2014.
Country of origin: USA

This Region B Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from the Photoplay Productions presentation of the film, originally produced for Thames Television.

The film is accompanied by music performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.

Supplementary material includes a featurette on the impact of Intolerance featuring film historian Kevin Brownlow (19 minutes); and an insert booklet with writings on the film by William M. Drew, Richard Porton and Pauline Kael, and vintage images.

Sight unseen, we recommend this edition for European collectors. North American collectors will need a region-free Blu-ray Disc player to view this edition.

This Region B Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .

Grapevine Video
2016 DVD edition

The Mother and the Law (1919), black & white, 94 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 6-60845-44786-8.
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; $14.95.
Release date: 23 June 2016.
Country of origin: USA

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

The presentation likely features music score compiled from preexisting recordings.

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