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The Singing
Fool
(1928)

This early hybrid sound film, directed by Lloyd Bacon, stars Al Jolson with Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn, Arthur Housman and Edward Martindel.

Warner Archive Collection
2009 DVD edition

The Singing Fool (1928), black & white, 102 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-17393-0.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $9.99).
Release date: 21 October 2009.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm release print that is a little soft in image details.

The film is accompanied by the film’s original 1928 synchronized soundtrack.

The only supplemental material is a theatrical trailer for the film.

Once again, this is the only home video edition of the film we know of and it is recommended.

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