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The Italian Straw Hat
(1928)

2005 Grapevine Video edition

The Italian Straw Hat (1928), black & white, 88 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono? sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 12 chapter stops, keep case, $9.95 (raised to $12.95).
DVD release date: August 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This edition has been transferred from a, what Grapevine describes as “only very good,” 16mm reduction print, with English language intertitles. We would have to say that the print is only good, as there are many dark sections in the print, with background details choked off in deep shadows.

The film is accompanied by a cobbled together score of preexisting film music and orchestral recordings.

 

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.

Other silent era René Clair films available on home video:
The Crazy Ray (1923)
Entr’acte (1924)
Le voyage imaginaire (1926)

Other FRENCH silent era films available on home video.

 
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