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Riders of the
Purple Sage
(1925)

This well-known western stars Tom Mix in Fox Film Corporation’s adaptation of the beloved Zane Grey novel.

Alpha Video
2023 DVD edition

Riders of the Purple Sage (1925), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8529D, UPC 0-89218-85299-1.
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; $8.98.
Release date: 11 July 2023.
Country of origin: USA

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

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

Probably not a great presentation but this is the only in-print home video edition of the film we know of.

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

Sinister Cinema
2002 DVD edition

Riders of the Purple Sage (1925), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated.

Sinister Cinema, W549, no 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 subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $11.95.
Release date: 2002.
Country of origin: USA •

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 16mm reduction print with a broad greytone range and reasonable image details. Some of the brightest highlights are blown-out and the deepest shadows are plugged-up, but the print does look better than most vintage 16mm prints.

The film is accompanied by a cobbled-together score of preexisting film music.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .