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The
Ice Flood
(1926)

This Northwoods drama stars Kenneth Harlan and Viola Dana, with supoort from Frank Hagney, Billy Kent Schaefer, DeWitt Jennings, George Irving, Norman Deming, Fred Kohler and Kitty Barlow.

Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition

The Ice Flood (1926), color-tinted black & white, 59 minutes, not rated, with Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching (1926), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown 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; $16.95.
Release date: 18 July 2013.
Country of origin: USA

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

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by David Knudtson.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film, but note the shorter running time.

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

Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition

The Ice Flood (1926), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7985D, UPC 0-89218-79859-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 8 August 2017.
Country of origin: USA

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

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

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

TeleVista
2013 DVD edition

The Ice Flood (1926), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.

TeleVista, unknown catalog number, UPC 0-29502-19883-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 19 February 2013.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

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

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
TELEVISTA through . . .

Sunrise Silents
2007 DVD edition

The Ice Flood (1926), color-tinted black & white, 67 minutes, not rated, with Mystery of the Double Cross [chapter 14: “The Hidden Brand”] (1917), color-tinted black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918), color-tinted black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, and Alice on the Farm (1926), color-tinted black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.

Sunrise Silents,
TIFV-N (NTSC) and TIFV-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $21.95.
Release date: 1 November 2007.
Country of origin: USA