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The Last
Performance
(1929)
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This drama, directed by Paul Fejos, features Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton, Fred Mackaye, Gustav Partos, William H. Turner, Anders Randolf and Sam De Grasse.
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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; 1.19:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 22.0 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Mbps audio bit rate; Danish language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 7 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 of the silent export version with Danish intertitles.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
The disc includes Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928) and the reconstruction version of Fejos’ musical Broadway (1929).
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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This Region A Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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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 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; Danish language intertitles, optional English language 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 reconstruction version of Fejos’ musical Broadway (1929).
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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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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