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Wild Oranges
(1924)

This Goldwyn drama, directed by King Vidor, features Frank Mayo, Nigel de Brulier, Virginia Valli and Ford Sterling.

Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition

Wild Oranges (1924), color-tinted black & white and black & white, 88 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-22707-7.
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 7.8 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 intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 12 January 2010.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 8 / additional content: 0 / overall: 7.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print, likely that held by the George Eastman Museum, as was originally prepared for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies. The natural-speed video transfer still has a moderate amount of dust and speckling in it, with some very minor scuffing, scratches and other print flaws. The overall image is very-good viewing.

The film is accompanied by an original orchestral music score composed by Vivek Maddala.

This is the only home video edition of the film that we are aware of.

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