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Be My Wife
(1921)

 
coverKino Classics
2014 DVD edition

The Max Linder Collection (1917-1922), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 205 minutes total, not rated, including Be My Wife (1921), color-toned black & white, 57 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K1303, UPC 7-38329-13032-9.
One single-sided, dual-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 ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.0 surround sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 27 May 2014.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD collection of Max Linder comedies features a complete presentation of the Linder feature comedy Be My Wife, produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris.

The film is presented with musical accompaniment by Éric Le Guen.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

 
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coverFilm Preservation Associates
2003 DVD edition

Laugh with Max Linder (1912-1921), color-toned black & white, 117 minutes total, not rated, including Be My Wife (1921) [excerpts], black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0508DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05082-0.
One single-sided, dual-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 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; no chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 23 September 2003.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 9 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
Video producer David Shepard released this DVD collection of Max Linder comedies including a complete presentation of Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), the French shorts Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912), Love’s Surprises (1913), Max Takes a Picture (1913) and Max Sets the Style (1914), and exerpts from Be My Wife (1921).

The disc features small-orchestra musical accompaniment arranged, composed and conducted by Robert Israel, and performed on period instruments.

 
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Other MAX LINDER films available on home video.

Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.

 
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