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Capital
Punishment

(1925)

 

This Schulberg drama, directed by James P. Hogan, features Elliott Dexter, George Hackathorne, Clara Bow, Margaret Livingston, Robert Ellis, Mary Carr, Fred Warren and Wade Boteler.

coverLoving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Capital Punishment (1925), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics, no catalog number, no 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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
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 sources.

Not a great presentation but this is the only home video edition of the film we know of.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
coverProwlin’ Productions
2004 DVD edition

A Double Dose of . . . Clara Bow, Volume 1 (1925-1926), black & white, 124 minutes total, not rated,
including Capital Punishment (1925), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated, with Mantrap (1926), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated.

Prowlin’ Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 1-74135-72004-0.
One single-sided, dual-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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 4 / additional content: 1 / overall: 3.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a VHS videotape copy prepared from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is accompanied by a music score performed on an analog home organ.

Supplemental material includes a nearly worthless Clara Bow filmography.

Not a great presentation and not worth pursuing this out-of-print item.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is . . .
Other silent era CLARA BOW films available on home video.
 
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