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The
Merry Widow
(1925)
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This European drama, based on the Lehar, Leon and Stein operetta and directed by Erich von Stroheim, stars Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D’Arcy, George Fawcett, Josephine Crowell and Tully Marshall.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2011 DVD edition
The Merry Widow (1925), black & white, 137 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-22719-0.
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), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 13 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 8 July 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This Warner Archive Collection DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm print and is presented as was originally prepared for broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies cable television network.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on theatre pipe organ.
There is no supplementary material included on this manufactured-on-demand DVD-R disc. We recommend this edition.
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Other silent era ERICH VON STROHEIM films available on home video.
Other silent era JOHN GILBERT films available on home video.
Other TECHNICOLOR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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Erich von Stroheim filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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