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The Canary
Murder Case
(1929)
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Louise Brooks’ last American silent film is actually her first sound film. Produced as a silent film, Paramount decided to add a soundtrack to the film by reshooting and post-synching with sound. The studio attempted to persuade Brooks, who was in Germany, to return to America for sound reshoots. When she refused, her dialogue was post-synched by another actress.
William Powell stars as Detective Philo Vance in this murder mystery.
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 eMoviez
200? DVD edition
The Canary Murder Case (1929), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
eMoviez, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $22.99.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.
Overall, the disc is of good quality and is very watchable despite the quality of the 16mm source print.
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EMOVIEZ no longer sells home video products and this item is . . .
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 Sunrise Silents
2004 DVD edition
The Canary Murder Case (1929), color-toned black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
Sunrise Silents,
CMCL-N (NTSC) and CMCL-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, PCM 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.95.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.
Overall, the disc is of good quality and is watchable.
If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.
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SUNRISE SILENTS has discontinued business and this edition is . . .
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Other silent era LOUISE BROOKS films available on home video.
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Louise Brooks filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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