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The Unchastened
Woman
(1925)
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This poverty-row production from Chadwick stars Theda Bara, Wyndham Standing, Eileen Percy and Dale Fuller.
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 Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition
A Fool There Was (1915), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated, with The Unchastened Woman (1925), black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10671-2.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: July 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. Of note is this edition’s shorter running time than those of others.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Sunrise Silents
2007 DVD edition
The Unchastened Woman (1925), color-tinted black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with The Paper Hanger (1925), color-tinted black & white, 27 minutes, not rated, Mystery of the Double Cross [chapter 10: “The Hole-in-the-Wall”] (1917), color-tinted black & white, 25 minutes, not rated, Gaumont Graphic No. 52 (1918), color-tinted black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, Puss in Boots (1922), color-tinted black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, and A Tour of the Ince Studio (1921), color-tinted black & white, 26 minutes, not rated.
Sunrise Silents,
TUWB-N (NTSC) and TUWB-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $23.95.
Release date: 14 February 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was transferred from a 16mm reduction print shows transfer of soft image detail, apparently partly the method and partly the print.
The film is presented with a music score performed on MIDI synthesizer.
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SUNRISE SILENTS has discontinued business and this edition is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition
The Unchastened Woman (1925), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7576D, UPC 0-89218-75769-2.
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: 24 February 2015.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print. Note the longer running time compared to the Grapevine Video edition noted above.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack 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 THEDA BARA films available on home video.
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