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Siren of the
Tropics
(1927)
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This French feature film, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant and released as La sirène des tropiques, stars Josephine Baker and Pierre Batcheff, with Régina Dalthy, Joe Alex, and Colette, Janine and Jean Borelli.
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 Kino on Video
2005 DVD edition
Siren of the Tropics (1927), black & white, 86 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K399, UPC 7-38329-03992-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.99.
Release date: 21 June 2005.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 6 / overall: 8.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from very-good to excellent 35mm preservation materials licensed by Lobster Films, Paris.
The film is accompanied by music composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
Supplementary materials include Josephine Baker: The Performer (2005, 18 minutes) with interviews with Lynn Whitfield (actress, The Josephine Baker Story), Margo Jefferson (The New York Times theatre critic), Elizabeth Kendall (dance critic and historian) and Josephine Baker’s adopted son, Jean-Claude Baker; The Fireman of the Folies-Bergère (8 minutes), a rare silent comedy that features Josephine Baker’s first appearance on film; “The Charleston,” song and performance; a Folies Bergère stills gallery; The Memoirs of Josephine Baker; a rare behind-the-scenes video clip; and The Memoir Illustrations: A Stills Gallery.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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