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Gretchen the
Greenhorn
(1916)
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This feature drama, directed by Sidney Franklin and Chester Franklin, stars Dorothy Gish, with Ralph Lewis, Frank Bennett, Eugene Pallette and Kate Bruce.
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 National Film Preservation Foundation
2004 DVD edition
More Treasures from American Film Archives (1894-1931), black & white and color, 573 minutes total, not rated, including Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
National Film Preservation Foundation, distributed by Image Entertainment, NATD2271DVD, UPC 0-14381-22712-3,
ISBN 0-9747099-1-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 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; 200-page insert book; three cardboard wrapped plastic trays in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 7 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm preservation print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Martin Marks.
Supplemental material includes a 200-page book of program notes.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Unidentified publisher
2013 DVD edition
Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916), black & white, 58 minutes, not rated.
Unidentified publisher,
no catalog number, UPC 8-87936-18818-3.
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; $6.95.
Release date: 9 April 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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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.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916), 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; $19.99 (reduced to $14.99).
Release date: 11 August 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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