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Rags
(1915)

 

This Famous Players drama, directed by James Kirkwood, stars Mary Pickford and Marshall Neilan, with Joseph Manning, J. Farrell MacDonald and Hugh Thompson.

coverLoving the Classics
2025 DVD edition

Rags (1915), black & white, 66 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: 2 March 2025
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.

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

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
coverSilent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2019 DVD edition

Rags (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 196, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2019.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition may have been mastered from 35mm or 16mm reduction print materials (as is evident from the publisher-provided still frame above).

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

You have to really want this title to pay for this overpriced, low-value release.

This is it. This is what $45.00 buys you.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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