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Captain January
(1924)
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This Baby Peggy feature film was directed by Edward F. Cline and features Hobart Bosworth and Irene Rich.
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2013 DVD edition
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room (2012), color and black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Captain January (1924), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, (now distributed by Kino Lorber),
Mile00127, UPC 7-84148-01274-2, ISBN 978-1-933920-474.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 5 November 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition includes a full-length pillarboxed 16:9 format presentation of the Baby Peggy feature film, Captain January (1924) transferred from very-good print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton.
In addition, this edition contains a full-length documentary on Baby Peggy and three short Baby Peggy comedies: Peg of the Mounties (1921), Carmen, Jr. (1923) and Such is Life (1924), all accompanied by music scores performed by Guenter Buchwald.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
MILESTONE FILMS through . . .
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 Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
Captain January (1924), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated, with Snooky’s Fresh Heir (1921), color-toned black & white, 18 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10251-6.
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, $16.95.
Release date: 2007.
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 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
2014 DVD edition
Captain January (1924), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7474D, UPC 0-89218-74749-5.
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; $6.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 30 September 2014.
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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Other silent era BABY PEGGY films available on home video.
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