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Suds
(1920)
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This comedy-drama of the English working class, directed by John Francis Dillon, stars Mary Pickford and Albert Austin, with Harold Goodwin, Rose Dione and Darwin Karr.
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 The Milestone Collection
2005 DVD edition
Suds (1920), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated, and Suds (1920) [foreign release version], black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Birth of a Legend (1966), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film and Video, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID1986MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-19862-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame and 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 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, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 9 chapter stops (American version) and 9 chapter stops (foreign version); standard DVD keepcase; $29.99.
Release date: 3 May 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of Suds (1920) features both the American and European release versions of the film.
The American version is presented in a full-frame video transfer from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print (the only known surviving format of this version).
This version of the film is accompanied by a modern accompaniment by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
The foreign version of the film is presented in a windowboxed video transfer from a very-good 35mm positive originally held by Mary Pickford.
The foreign version is accompanied by a vintage pipe organ score performed by Gaylord Carter (originally for Pickford’s early 1970s 35mm theatrical rereleases of some of her films).
A supplemental section includes a side-by-side comparison of the American and European versions, and an alternate happy ending.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Alpha Video
2019 DVD edition
Suds (1920), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8180D, UPC 0-89218-81809-6.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 12 February 2019.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
Currently, the only home video edition of this film still in print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era MARY PICKFORD films available on home video.
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Mary Pickford filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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