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Twisted Trails
(1916)
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This short western drama, directed by Tom Mix, stars Tom Mix and Bessie Eyton, with Eugenie Besserer, Al W. Filson, Will Machin, Pat Crisman and Sid Jordan.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Early Films of Tom Mix (1915-1916), black & white, 86 minutes total, not rated, including Twisted Trails (1916), black & white, 30 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10528-9.
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: 20 November 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm and/or 8mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.
For now, 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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 Alpha Video
2019 DVD edition
Twisted Trails (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and A Bear of a Story (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8179D, UPC 0-89218-81799-0.
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: 12 February 2019.
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 a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
Supplemental material includes two Tom Mix western shorts.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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