This early serial, directed by Howell Hansell, stars Marguerite Snow, James Cruze and Harry Benham, with support from Sidney Bracy and Frank Farrington.
The Serial Squadron
2016 DVD edition
Zudora (1914), black & white and color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0NTSC DVD-R discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDRMPEG-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 no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $21.95.
Release date: September 2016.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R edition has been produced in collaboration with USC School of Cinematic Arts Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive from the surviving 35mm prints of chapters one, two, three and eight.
The presentation features a new musical accompaniment and sound effects.
The disc is supplemented with a music video of the original song “Zudora” newly recorded and sung by Tom Baust, and chapter eight of The Ventures of Marguerite (1915).
While this DVD has not been reviewed at this time, we encourage the support of the Serial Squadron who is responsible for many fine home video editions of silent and sound serial films.
This Region 0NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
Thanhouser Company
Film Preservation
2009 DVD edition
The Thanhouser Collection, DVD Volumes 10, 11 & 12 (1910-1916), black & white and color-toned black & white, 384 minutes total, not rated, including Zudora [chapter 2, “The Mystery of the Sleeping House”] (1914), black & white, 36 minutes, not rated.
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
Three single-sided, single-layered, Region 0NTSC DVD-R discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDRMPEG-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; double-wide three-disc DVD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 1 October 2009
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R edition at this DVD-R collection of surviving Thanhouser films that have been mastered from prints held by world film archives. The full-frame video transfers range from very-good to excellent, from 35mm print materials. In many cases, these films have been mastered from the sole known surviving prints.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Ben Model on a Miditzer virtual (computer-based) theatre pipe organ.
This Region 0NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
