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White Shadows
in the South Seas
(1928)

This MGM south seas drama was shot on location by W.S. Van Dyke (and an uncredited Robert J. Flaherty), and features Monte Blue and Raquel Torres in the story of romance and the encroachment of modern civiliation.

Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition

White Shadows in the South Seas (1928), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-22811-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 7.8 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 12 January 2010.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 7.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from 35mm archival print materials, and is presented as originally broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies network. As the film was shot as a silent film but later printed at a sound-speed rate to accomodate the synchronized soundtrack, the film often runs at a faster than natural-speed rate. The source print has a common amount of dust and speckling, emulsion chipping, and other occasional print flaws.

The film is presented with its original 1928 synchronized music and sound effects soundtrack. The sound quality is rough in places with some occasional acoustic distortion.

This is the only home video edition of the film that we are aware of.

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