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Forbidden
Paradise
(1924)
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This historical comedy-drama, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, stars Pola Negri and Rod La Rocque, with Adolphe Menjou, Pauline Starke, Fred Malaesta, Nick de Ruiz and Carrie D’Aumery.
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2016 DVD edition
Forbbiden Paradise (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 109, unknown 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a VHS videotape copy duped from a 16mm reduction print (as can be assumed from the image quality of the publisher-provided smeary still frame above).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.
Not recommended, but this is the only DVD home video edition of the film that we know of. Take a look at the publisher-provided still frame and then look at the cost of this disc. Ask yourself if you would be happy with this ripoff in your collection. We will wait for a legitimate home video edition of this film, thank you very much.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other silent era ERNST LUBITSCH films available on home video.
Other silent era POLA NEGRI films available on home video.
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