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What Happened
to Rosa
(1920)
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This Goldwyn comedy feature, directed by Victor L. Schertzinger, stars Mabel Normand, with support from Hugh Thompson, Doris Pawn, Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer and Buster Trow. Adolphe Menjou makes a couple of brief appearances.
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 Unknown Video
2006 DVD edition
What Happened to Rosa (1920), color-tinted black & white, 50 minutes, not rated, with Hide and Seek (1913), black & white, 6 minutes, not rated.
Unknown Video, no catalog number, UPC 7-01399-00423-4.
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; $18.95.
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 8 / additional content: 5 / overall: 6.
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This DVD-R edition of What Happened to Rosa was mastered from a 16mm reduction print, which is reasonably well reproduced in the full-frame video transfer. The source material features a good range of greytones, with darkish shadow areas that aren’t as dark as many 16mm prints from the era.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on the computer-based Miditzer virtual pipe organ by Ben Model. The results, as always, are pretty darned good.
The supplemental material includes an early Keystone comedy and a stills gallery of fan magazine covers featuring female stars of the era (33 images).
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UNKNOWN VIDEO has discontinued business and this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2008 DVD edition
What Happened to Rosa (1920), black & white, 51 minutes, not rated, with Mabel’s Blunder (1914), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, and The Little Teacher (1915), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10240-0.
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; $14.95.
Release date: 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition from Grapevine Video has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Raggedy Rose (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with What Happened to Rosa (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7834D, UPC 0-89218-78349-3.
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: 19 July 2016.
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 music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Classic Video Streams
2010 DVD edition
The Actors: Rare Films of Mabel Normand, Volume 3 (1913-1923), black & white, 144 minutes total, not rated, including What Happened to Rosa (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Classic Video Streams,
unknown catalog number, 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 DVD keepcase; $16.99.
Release date: 22 March 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score of preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other MABEL NORMAND films available on home video.
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