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The
Primrose Path

(1925)

 
Alpha Video
2015 DVD edition

The Primrose Path (1925), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated, with Down to the Sea in Ships (1922), black & white, 106 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7671D, UPC 0-89218-76719-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 2.9 Mbps average video bit rate, 384 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 4 August 2015.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print that is reasonably even toned but more than a bit blurry.

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

 
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Synergy Entertainment
2011 DVD edition

The Primrose Path (1925), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.

Synergy Entertainment,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 29 March 2011.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

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

 
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Prowlin’ Productions
2004 DVD edition

A Double Dose of . . . Clara Bow, Volume 2, black & white, 116 minutes total, not rated, with The Primrose Path (1925), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, and Get Your Man (1927), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.

Prowlin’ Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 1-74135-72006-0.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 3.3 Mbps average video bit rate, 1.5 Mbps audio bit rate, LPCM 48 kHz 8-bit 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 9 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a VHS videotape copy of a 16mm reduction print, which may have originally been released by Video Yesteryear or Videobrary. The results are low-resolution, flat and quite dark.

The film is accompanied by the unidentified theatre organ music score that was prepared for the VHS videotape edition.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
Other silent era CLARA BOW films available on home video.
 
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