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Mary Pickford
American Experience
(2005)

 
coverPBS Home Video
2005 DVD edition

American Experience: Mary Pickford (2005), color and black & white, 90 minutes, not rated (Canada Rated G).

PBS Home Video, 705054, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 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 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language narration, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This DVD edition is surprisingly presented in a full-frame video transfer, when many PBS productions of recent years have been produced in 16:9 high-definition widescreen, this 90-minute program combines high-quality 35mm footage with lower-quality prints of surviving Pickford films from the Library of Congress.

It is distinguished by the usual American Experience quality of production.

 
This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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