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A Pair of
Tights
(1929)

This silent Hal Roach comedy, directed by Hal Yates, features Anita Garvin, Marion Byron, Edgar Kennedy, Stuart Erwin, Spec O’Donnell and Charlie Hall.

Retaliation runs rampant.

Edition Filmmuseum
2010 DVD edition

Hal Roach: Female Comedy Teams (1928-1935), black & white, 228 minutes total, not rated, including A Pair of Tights (1929), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.

Edition Filmmuseum, 57, UPC/EAN 4-260100-33057-5.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, optional German language subtitles, chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; €29,95 (reduced to €25,17).
Release date: 17 December 2010 (reissued in enhanced edition January 2012).
Country of origin: Germany

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This PAL DVD collection has been produced by Filmmuseum München under the supervision of Stefan Drössler. Restoration was performed utilizing an incomplete 35mm positive, an incomplete 16mm reduction duplicate negative, and a 16mm reduction positive.

The silent films are presented with music scores performed by Günter A. Buchwald, Joachim Bärenz and Christian Roderburg. The 1930s films in the collection are presented with their original soundtracks.

North American collectors will need a Region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 0 PAL DVD edition is available directly from . . .