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Rosita
(1923)

This drama, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, stars Mary Pickford and Georga Walsh, with Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich, Charles Belcher, Frank Leigh, Mathilde Comont, George Periolat, Bert Sprotte and Snitz Edwards.

Grapevine Video
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition

Rosita (1923), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, with Lonely Villa (1909), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, All on Account of the Milk (1910), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, and A Beast at Bay (1912), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video,
no catalog number, unknown 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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: March 2021.
Country of origin: USA

This BD-R edition has been mastered at 2K high-resolution from an archival print.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.

Supplemental material includes three Mary Pickford short films.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available directly from . . .

Grapevine Video
2021 DVD edition

Grapevine Video, 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; $19.95.
Release date: March 2021.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered at 2K high-resolution from an archival print.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Drazin.

Supplemental material includes three Mary Pickford short films.

This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.

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

Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2016 DVD edition

Rosita (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 4, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $42.99).
Release date: 2016.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a VHS videotape copy of an analog video transfer of what appears to be a 16mm reduction print (as can be discerned from the publisher-provided still frame above).

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings (if there is music at all).

At $43.00, with no DVD case and artwork (and possibly no accompanying music), this edition is a terrible rip-off.

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