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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 Fejosâ Lonesome (1928) and the reconstruction version of Fejosâ musical Broadway (1929).
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.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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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 Fejosâ Lonesome (1928) and the reconstruction version of Fejosâ musical Broadway (1929).
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.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Last Performance (1929), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics, no catalog number, no 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; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 202?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions or pirating television network recordings to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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