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The Reformers; or,
The Lost Art of Minding One’s Business
(1913)
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Contents: Bobby, the Coward (1911), Man’s Genesis (1912), The Little Tease (1913), The Reformers; or, The Lost Art of Minding One’s Business (1913), The Yaqui Cur (1913) and Brute Force (1914).
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 Reel Classic DVD
201? DVD edition
A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford, Volume Two (1912-1913), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including The Reformers; or, The Lost Art of Minding One’s Business (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reel Classic DVD, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-80622-8.
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; $19.98.
Release date: 201?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by John Mucci.
For our notes on the other films in this collection, see our A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford, Volume Two on home video page.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of some of these films.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from
REEL CLASSIC DVD through . . .
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 Silent Gems Collection
2016 DVD edition
Robert Harron Rare Shorts (1911-1914), black & white, 114 minutes total, not rated, including The Reformers; or, The Lost Art of Minding One’s Business (1913), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 102, 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; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print. Some films in this collection may have been mastered from a VHS videotape copy of the source print.
It is likely that throughout the presentation a faint “SHF-E” watermark appears in the lower right-hand corner of the picture to discourage pirating; as this edition was likely pirated from some other home video edition or from some Internet streaming source, we find this to be ludicrous.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
We vehemently criticize this publisher for their overpriced offerings that give the consumer as little value as possible.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other silent era D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.
Other SHORT DRAMA FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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