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Tell It to
the Marines
(1926)

This tough military drama, directed by George W. Hill, stars Lon Chaney, and features William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Eddie Gribbon, Carmel Myers and Warner Oland.

Warner Archive Collection
2012 DVD edition

Tell It to the Marines (1926), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-48930-7.
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; $17.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 24 May 2012.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition is as originally prepared for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.

The film is accompanied by an emsemble music score arranged and conducted by Robert Israel.

This is the only known home video edition of the film that we are aware of.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .

Rare Films and More
202? DVD edition

Carry On Sergeant! (1928), black & white, 106 minutes, not rated, with Tell It to the Marines (1926), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated.

Rare Films and More, 4551, 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from files lifted from an Internet streaming site or from another company’s home video edition.

The film is likely accompanied by a music score pirated from another company’s home video edition or a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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