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Cinema of Discovery
Julien Duvivier
in the 1920s
(1925-1930)

Contents: Carrot Top (1925), The Agony of Jerusalem (1927), The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1927), The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927), The Maelstrom of Paris (1928), The Divine Voyage (1929), The Miraculous Life of Teresa of Lisieux (1929), Mother Hummingbird (1929) and Ladies’ Paradise (1930).

Flicker Alley
2022 Blu-ray Disc edition

Cinema of Discovery: Julien Duvivier in the 1920s (1925-1930), black & white, 857 minutes total, not rated, including Carrot Top (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Agony of Jerusalem (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Maelstrom of Paris (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Divine Voyage (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Miraculous Life of Teresa of Lisieux (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Mother Hummingbird (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Ladies’ Paradise (1930), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0077, UPC 6-17311-68779-2.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; 44-page insert booklet; two standard multidisc BD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 4 January 2022.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from archival film materials. This collection has been produced by Lobster Films, Paris, with the support and collaboration of the CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de L’image animée), the Národní filmový archiv (Prague), the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, Cinematek (Cinémathèque royale de Belgique, Belgium), La Cinémathèque française, Le Cinémathèque de Toulouse, Cineteca di Bologna (Italy), Département de la Charente, Eye Film Instituut Nederland, and the Gosfilmofond film archive.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed by Antonio Coppola, Marco Dalpane, Fay Lovsky, and Gabriel Thibaudeau, and performed by L’Octuor de France and others.

Supplemental material includes introductions to eight of the films by historian Serge Bromberg; appreciations of all nine films with film critic Hubert Niogret and historian Patrick Brion, including an appreciation of Ladies’ Paradise (Au bonheur des dames) by director Patrice Leconte; restoration demonstrations on five of the films by restoration technicians Chrystel Bonne and Colin Ruffin; a featurette on scoring The Divine Voyage by classical ensemble L’Octuor de France and composer Antonio Coppola; image galleries featuring rare production stills and promotional images; and a 48-page insert booklet featuring introductory remarks by Christian Duvivier, son of Julien Duvivier, essay notes by film historian Serge Bromberg, along with full credits on each film, and many rare photographs.

This is our recommended home video edition of these films.

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