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The Vicar of
Wakefield
(1917)

This classic drama, directed by Ernest C. Warde, stars Frederick Warde and Carey L. Hastings, with Boyd Marshall, Kathryn Adams, Gladys Leslie, William Parke Jr., Tula Belle, Barbara Howard, Thomas A. Curran and Robert Vaughn.

Thanhouser Company
Film Preservation
2006? DVD edition

The Thanhouser Collection, DVD Volumes 4, 5 & 6 (1910-1917), black & white, 289 minutes total, not rated, including The Vicar of Wakefield (1917), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.

Thanhouser Company Film Preservation Incorporated,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
Three single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 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; double-wide three-disc DVD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 2006?
Country of origin: USA •

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an archival print.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on organ by Raymond A. Brubacher.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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

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