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Broadway
(1929)
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This musical drama, directed by Paul Fejos, features Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, Robert Ellis, Otis Harlan and Fritz Feld.
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 The Criterion Collection
2012 Blu-ray Disc edition
Lonesome (1928), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with The Last Performance (1929), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, and Broadway (1929), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, CC2174BD (collection number 623), UPC 7-15515-09791-8, ISBN 978-1-60465-621-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc, 16:9 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 1.19:1 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 16.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 18 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 28 August 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been digitally mastered from a 35mm print. The film was produced in sound and silent versions; this presentation utilizes the sound version overall with a soundtrack synchronization of the final silent version reel to replace the final sound version reel, which has not survived.
The film is accompanied by its original synchronized soundtrack.
The disc includes Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928) and The Last Performance (1929) starring Conrad Veidt.
The supplemental material includes a 32-page booklet featuring essays by film critic Philip Lopate and historian Graham Petrie and an excerpt from a 1962 interview with Paul Fejos.
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 The Criterion Collection
2012 DVD edition
Lonesome (1928), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with The Last Performance (1929), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, and Broadway (1929), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, unknown catalog number (collection number 623), unknown UPC number, unknown ISBN number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.19:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) progressive? scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 1.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; plastic DVD trays in cardboard wrapper with cardboard slipcase?; $29.95.
Release date: 28 August 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been digitally mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
The disc includes Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928) and The Last Performance (1929) starring Conrad Veidt.
The supplemental material includes a 32-page booklet featuring essays by film critic Philip Lopate and historian Graham Petrie and an excerpt from a 1962 interview with Paul Fejos.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports the Silent Era website.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports the Silent Era website.
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Broadway (1929), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
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; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This 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.
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