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Hawk of the
Hills
(1927)

This action serial, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, stars Allene Ray and Walter Miller, with Frank Lackteen, James Robert Chandler, Jack Ganzhorn, Paul Panzer, Wally Oettel, Harry Semels, Jack Pratt, J. Parks Jones and Frederick Dana.

Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition

Hawk of the Hills (1927) [1929 feature version], black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Lure of the Circus (1918-1919) [feature version], black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10560-9.
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; $12.95.
Release date: 26 April 2013.
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.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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

Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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