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The Singing
Fool
(1928)
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This early hybrid sound film, directed by Lloyd Bacon, stars Al Jolson with Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn, Arthur Housman and Edward Martindel.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2009 DVD edition
The Singing Fool (1928), black & white, 102 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-17393-0.
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; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 21 October 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm release print that is a little soft in image details.
The film is accompanied by the film’s original 1928 synchronized soundtrack.
The only supplemental material is a theatrical trailer for the film.
Once again, this is the only home video edition of the film we know of and it is recommended.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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