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Legal Advice
(1916)
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This short western comedy-drama stars Tom Mix and Victoria Forde, with George Pankey, Pat Chrisman, Sid Jordan and Joe Ryan.
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 National Film Preservation Foundation
2011 DVD edition
Treasures 5: The West 1898-1938 (1898-1938), black & white and color, 596 minutes total, not rated, including Legal Advice (1916), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.
National Film Preservation Foundation, distributed by Image Entertainment, NATD7003DVD, UPC 0-14381-70032-9,
ISBN 976-0-9747099-6-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 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, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles (silent era films), no subtitles; chapter stops; three slimline DVD keepcases with book of program notes in cardboard slipcase; $59.98.
Release date: 27 September 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from archival print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score.
This is our recommemended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
Tom Mix: Silent Western Shorts Collection (1915-1916), black & white, 82 minutes total, not rated, including Legal Advice (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6981D, UPC 0-89218-69819-3.
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 again to $9.99).
Release date: 25 June 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era TOM MIX films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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