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The Girl Who
Stayed at Home
(1919)

This rarely-seen film directed by D.W. Griffith stars Carol Dempster and Richard Barthelmess in this World War I romantic drama.

Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition

The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10475-8.
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; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 13 January 2012.
Country of origin: USA •

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.

This DVD-R edition of the rare D.W. Griffith film has been mastered from very-good 16mm reduction print materials.

The film is accompanied by a piano music score that reasonably fits the mood of the film.

This disc is a slightly better-looking presentation than the one listed below and thus is our recommended edition.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .

Alpha Video
2020 DVD edition

The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8306D, UPC 0-89218-83069-2.
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: 14 January 2020.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 4 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from what appears to be a 16mm reduction print. There are some slight compression artifacts to be seen but the picture quality is not horrible.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings of varying audio quality.

Given the slightly (very slight to some eyes) lower-quality picture and the cheap soundtrack of this edition, we recommend the Grapevine Video edition noted above.

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

Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition

The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .