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The Actors:
Rare Films of
Lillian Gish
Volume 3
(1919-1924)

Contents: The Greatest Question (1919) and Romola (1924).

Classic Video Streams
2009 DVD edition

The Actors: Rare Films of Lillian Gish, Volume 3 (1919-1924), black & white, 140 minutes total, not rated, including The Greatest Question (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Romola (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Classic Video Streams,
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline DVD keepcase; $16.99.
Release date: 28 December 2009.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R collection has likely been transferred from 16mm reduction prints.

The presentation likely features a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this collection, see our The Greatest Question on home video and Romola on home video pages.

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

Other silent era LILLIAN GISH films available on home video.

Lillian Gish filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List

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