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Shootin’ Square
(1924)

This western drama, directed by Robert J. Horner, stars Jack Perrin and Peggy O’Day, with Bud Osborne, Horace B. Carpenter, Harry Pringle, Martin Turner, S.J. Bingham, David Dunbar, Alfred Hewston and Milburn Morante.

Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition

Where North Holds Sway (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Shootin’ Square (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7209D, UPC 0-89218-72099-3.
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: 29 October 2013.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm and 8mm reduction print.

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

Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .

Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Shootin’ Square (1924), black & white, 58 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: 201?.
Country of origin: USA

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.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .