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The Sign of
the Claw
(1926)

This adventure drama, directed by B. Reeves Eason, stars Edward Hearn and Ethel Shannon, with Peter the Great (the dog), Joe Bennett and Lee Shumway.

Grapevine Video
200? DVD edition

The Sign of the Claw (1926), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 55 minutes, not rated, and Look Out Buster (1927), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10319-3.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 200?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm nitrate print held by the Library of Congress.

The film is 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 directly from . . .

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