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The Jungle
Princess
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This feature film version of the silent era serial The Lost City (1920) stars Juanita Hansen and George Chesebro, with support from Frank Clark, Hector Dion and Alfred Ferguson. |
 The Serial Squadron
2006 DVD edition
The Jungle Princess (1920), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron, 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 foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95 (reduced to $9.95).
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a surviving 16mm reduction print of the abridged feature film version of the original serial.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack performed on MIDI synthesizer that includes synchronized sound effects.
The supplementary material includes a version of the film reedited into four separate serial-style chapters with cliffhanger endings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other SERIAL FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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