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The Love of
Sunya
(1927)

Gloria Swanson stars in this romantic drama directed by Albert Parker.

The Killiam Collection
2002 DVD edition

The Love of Sunya (1927), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.

Worldview Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1576WVDVD, UPC 0-14381-15762-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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; $24.99.
Release date: 22 October 2002 (announced).
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm preservation print from the Paul Killiam collection.

The film may be accompanied by a music score performed on piano by William Perry.

While artwork has been available on the Internet, we are not certain that this DVD title was ever actually released.

The Film Detective
2017 DVD edition

The Love of Sunya (1927), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.

The Film Detective,
unknown catalog number, UPC 1-91091-46717-6.
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; $9.99.
Release date: 12 July 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction print materials.

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

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
THE FILM DETECTIVE through . . .

Alpha Video
2018 DVD edition

The Love of Sunya (1927), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8137D, UPC 0-89218-81379-4.
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; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 25 September 2018.
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 recordings.

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