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Conductor 1492
(1924)

This comedy feature, directed by Charles Hines and Frank Griffin, stars Johnny Hines and Doris May, with Dan Mason, Ruth Renick, Robert Cain, Fred Esmelton, Byron Sage, Michael Dark and Dorothy Vernon.

Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition

Conductor 1492 (1924), black & white, 81 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6952D, UPC 0-89218-69529-1.
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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 30 April 2013.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .

TeleVista
2009 DVD edition

Conductor 1492 (1924), black & white, 83 minutes, not rated.

TeleVista, unknown catalog number, UPC 0-29502-14920-8.
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 6.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 26 May 2009.
Country of origin: USA •