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The
Magician
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This independently-produced drama, produced and directed by Rex Ingram from W. Somerset Maugham’s short story, stars Paul Wegener (of The Golem fame) and Alice Terry.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2011 DVD edition
The Magician (1926), black & white, color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 88 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-27683-9.
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), 6.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $9.99).
Release date: 10 January 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This Warner Archive Collection DVD-R edition has been mastered from a dark 16mm reduction print and presented as originally prepared for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.
The film is accompanied by an orchestral music score by Robert Israel.
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Other silent era REX INGRAM films available on home video.
Other silent era PAUL WEGENER films available on home video.
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