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The Shamrock
and the Rose

(1927)

 

This comedy-drama, directed by Jack Nelson, features Mack Swain, Olive Hasbrouck, Edmund Burns, Maurice Costello, William Strauss, Dot Farley and Rosa Rosanova.

Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition

The Shamrock and the Rose (1927), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: March 2012.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is accompanied by a new music score by David Knudtson, likely performed on the Miditzer virtual theater organ (computer-based) system.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

 
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Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition

The Shamrock and the Rose (1927), color-toned black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6911D, UPC 0-89218-69119-4.
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 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 25 January 2013.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print and is presented in a slightly blue color-toned video transfer. The image highlights are blasted-out to white and shadows are closed-up black.

The film is presented with a music score compiled from low-fidelity preexisting recordings.

 
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Looser Than Loose
2013 DVD edition

The Shamrock and the Rose (1927), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.

Looser Than Loose Vintage Entertainment,
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $21.99.
Release date: 2013.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is presented with a music score comprised of preexisting 78rpm recordings.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
 
 
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