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The Dream Lady
(1918)
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This feature comedy-drama, directed by Elsie Jane Wilson, stars Carmel Myers and Thomas Holding, with Kathleen Emerson, Harry von Meter, Philo McCullough and Elizabeth Janes.
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 Kino Classics
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (1911-1929), black & white, color-tinted and color-toned black & white and color-toned black & white, 1710 minutes total, not rated, including The Dream Lady (1918), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K23411, UPC 7-38329-23411-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc (six BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 29.8 Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.5 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; 80-page insert booklet; three double-disc plastic trays on cardboard wrap in cardboard slipcase; $99.95.
Release date: 20 November 2018.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 9 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a 2K high-resolution scan of a 35mm print held by La CinÃĐmathÃĻque de Toulouse. Occasional dust, a snowstorm of speckling, emulsion scratches and chipping, splices, and other print flaws are present. New intertitles have replaced those in the foreign-language source print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Makia Matsumura.
Supplemental material includes audio commentaries by Gaylyn Studlar; an introductory featurette with contributions by Shelley Stamp, Cari Beauchamp, Anthony Slide, Jane M. Gaines, Karen Ward Mahar and Rob Stone (17 minutes); a featurette on Alice Guy-BlachÃĐ with contributions by Alison McMahan, Shelley Stamp, Jane M. Gaines and Anthony Slide (8 minutes); a Lois Weber featurette with contributions by Shelley Stamp and Anthony Slide (9 minutes); a featurette on social commentary with contributions by Karen Ward Mahar, Shelley Stamp and Anthony Slide (11 minutes); a featurette on the restorations of the films with contributions by Rob Stone, Geo. Willeman and Lynanne Schweighofer of the Library of Congress (11 minutes).
For more information about this collection, see our Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers on home video page.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region A Blu-ray Disc edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Kino Classics
2018 DVD edition
Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (1911-1929), black & white, color-tinted and color-toned black & white and color-toned black & white, 1320 minutes total, not rated, including The Dream Lady (1918), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K23410, UPC 7-38329-23410-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (six DVDs in the set); 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; 80-page insert booklet; three double-disc plastic trays on cardboard wrap in cardboard storage box; $79.95.
Release date: 20 November 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from 4K and 2K high-resolution scans of archival prints.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Makia Matsumura.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 1 DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Dream Lady (1918), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics, 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 5 December 2025.
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 music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions or pirating television network recordings to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era films by WOMEN DIRECTORS available on home video.
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