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The Early
Bird
(1925)

This comedy, directed by Charles Hines, stars Johnny Hines and Sigrid Holmquist, with Wyndham Standing, Edmund Breese, Maude Turner Gordon, Bradley Barker and Flora Finch.

Grapevine Video
2003 DVD edition

The Early Bird (1925), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated, with Chasing the Chaser (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Alpine Antics (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10087-1.
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; $16.95.
Release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA

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

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

Supplemental material includes a James Finlayson comedy short and a Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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

Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

The Early Bird (1925), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown 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.
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.

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