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The Show
(1927)

This sideshow drama, directed by Tod Browning (surprise!), stars John Gilbert and Renée Adorée, with Lionel Barrymore, Edward Connelly and Gertrude Short.

Warner Archive Collection
2012 DVD edition

The Show (1927), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-63583-4.
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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 6 November 2012.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm release print, and the presentation is as it originally appeared on the Turner Classic Movies network.

The film is accompanied by an orchestral music score composed by Darrell Raby.

As this is the only home video edition of the film we know of, it is recommended.

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