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Square
Shoulders
(1929)

This late silent film features Junior Coghlan and Louis Wolheim.

Reel Classic DVD
2004 DVD edition

Square Shoulders (1929), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated, with The Big Town (1925), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated.

Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62185-05252-5.
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; no chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

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

The presentation features the original synchronized music score and sound effects soundtrack from the original release.

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

Grapevine Video
2014 DVD edition

Square Shoulders (1929), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 21 November 2014.
Country of origin: USA

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

The film is likely presented with a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.

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

Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Square Shoulders (1929), black & white, 58 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 . . .