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The
Blackbird
(1926)
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This Tod Browning crime drama stars Lon Chaney, Renée Adorée and Owen Moore.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2012 DVD edition
The Blackbird (1926), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-48795-2.
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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $17.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 24 May 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from very-good to excellent 35mm print materials, as originally prepared for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.
The film is accompanied by a modern orchestral music score compiled by Robert Israel.
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other silent era TOD BROWNING films available on home video.
Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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