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My Cousin
(1918)
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Legendary tenor Enrico Caruso tackles a dual role in this 1918 drama.
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 RCA Red Seal
2004 DVD edition
Caruso: Voice of the Century (2004), black & white and color, 93 minutes total, not rated, including My Cousin (1918), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated.
RCA Red Seal, ID4726DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-47262-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 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 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 11 chapter stops; and one audio compact disc; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 9 March 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This unusual collection combines a silent film with a television documentary and a collection of Enrico Caruso audio recordings to paint an overview portrait of the famous tenor.
Our first look at the DVD edition itself reveals a full-frame, natural-speed video transfer from, what appears to be, a good 16mm reduction print, with new English-language intertitles. Highlights are blasted out and shadows plugged-up, but the film remains watchable and is accompanied by a piano music score.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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