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The New
Gentlemen
(1928)
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This feature drama, directed by Jacques Feyder, stars Albert Préjean and Gaby Morlay, with Charles Barrois, Léon Arvel, Henry Roussel, Guy Ferrant, Henri Valbel, Gustave Hamilton, Georges Deneubourg and Christian Gérard.
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 Flicker Alley
2013 DVD edition
French Masterworks: Russian émigrés in Paris 1923-1928 (1923-1928), color-tinted black & white, color-toned black & white, color-tinted and color-toned black & white, and black & white, 660 minutes, not rated, including The New Gentlemen (1928), black & white, 135 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0029,
UPC 6-17311-67659-8, ISBN 1893967654.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (five DVDs in the set); 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; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles, chapter stops; standard five-disc DVD keepcase in cardboard slipcase; $59.95.
Release date: 14 May 2013 (prerelease announced date: 30 April 2013).
Country of origin: USA
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Our first look at this DVD edition was quite favorable, with the disc mastered from 35mm materials held by La Cinémathèque française ranging in quality from very-good to excellent.
The film is accompanied by a music score by Antonio Coppola, performed by the Octuor de France.
The edition is accompanied by a 28-page booklet with an essay by Lenny Borger, with notes on the films of the collection.
For information about other films in this collection, see our French Masterworks: Russian émigrés in Paris 1923-1928 on home video page.
We enthusiastically recommend this edition of Jacques Feyder’s Les Nouveaux messieurs. Unfortunately, the edition is now out-of-print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The New Gentlemen (1928), black & white, 135 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; French? language intertitles, optional? English language 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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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era JACQUES FEYDER films available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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