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Mary Pickford
Rare Shorts II
(1912-1913)

Contents: The Female of the Species (1912), The Mender of Nets (1912), The Narrow Road (1912), The Old Actor (1912), The School Teacher and the Waif (1912), So Near, Yet So Far (1912), With the Enemy’s Help (1912) and The Unwelcome Guest (1913).

Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2017 DVD edition

Mary Pickford Rare Shorts II (1912-1913), black & white, 123 minutes total, not rated, including The Female of the Species (1912), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, The Mender of Nets (1912), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, The Narrow Road (1912), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, The Old Actor (1912), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, The School Teacher and the Waif (1912), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, So Near, Yet So Far (1912), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, With the Enemy’s Help (1912), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, and The Unwelcome Guest (1913), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.

Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 158, 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 CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from 16mm and/or 8mm reduction prints (as might be surmised from the publisher-provided still frame above).

The films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.

Reluctantly, this is our recommended home video edition of some of these films. We still criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible.

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