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Suds
(1920)

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.

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

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.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

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

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.

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