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The
Flying Fool
(1929)

This early sound film aviation drama, directed by Tay Garnett, features William Boyd and Marie Prevost, with Tom O’Brien, Russell Gleason, Kate Bruce, Dan Wolheim and Dorothy Ward.

Grapevine Video
2006 DVD edition

The Flying Fool (1929), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated,
with Air Maniacs (1933), black & white, 10 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $11.95 (reduced to $9.95).
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been remastered from an abridged 16mm reduction print.

The film is accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.

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

Alpha Video
2010 DVD edition

The Flying Fool (1929), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6405D, UPC 0-89218-64059-8.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $6.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 27 July 2010.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from an abridged 16mm or 8mm reduction print.

The film is accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.

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