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Lights of
New York
(1928)

This early sound film, the first all-talking feature film production, was directed by Bryan Foy, and stars Helene Costello and Cullen Landis, with Gladys Brockwell, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette.

Warner Archive Collection
2018 DVD edition

Lights of New York (1928), black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-88574-65168-8.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 17 April 2018.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has mastered from archival 35mm print materials.

The film is accompanied by its original Vitaphone synchronized soundtrack.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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Sinister Cinema
2024 DVD edition

Lights of New York (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Sinister Cinema, M657, 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; $12.95.
Release date: 2024.
Country of origin: USA