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The
Magician
(1926)

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.

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 picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.5 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 10 January 2011.
Country of origin: USA

This 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.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .