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                   The Village Sleuth 
                  (1920) 
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             This comedy-drama, directed by Jerome Storm, stars Charles Ray and Winifred Westover, with Dick Rush, Donald MacDonald, George F. Hernandez, Betty Schade and Lew Morrison. 
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          	 Edward Lorusso 
            2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
            The Village Sleuth (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Jean Rescues (1911), black & white, ? minutes, not rated. 
            Edward Lorusso, no catalog number, no UPC number. 
            One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $30.00. 
            Release date: November 2024. 
            Country of origin: USA
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          	This BD-R edition, originally a Kickstarter crowd-funded project, has been scanned at 2K high-resolution by the Library of Congress from archival print materials.
             The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin. 
            Supplemental material includes a 1911 Vitagraph short starring Florence Turner. 
            This is our recommended home video edition of the film. 
            
              
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                  This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition has been discontinued 
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            Other silent era CHARLES RAY films available on home video.
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