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An Old Gangster’s Molls
(1927)
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This Czech feature comedy, directed by Svatopluk Innemann, stars Jan W. Speerger and Vlasta Burian, with Anny Ondra, Emilie Nitschová, Jirí Hron, Betty Kysilková, Vera Hlavatá, Jindrich Plachta and Rudolf Suva.
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 Národní filmový archiv
202? DVD edition
An Old Gangster’s Molls (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Robber (1927), black & white, 6 minutes, not rated.
Národní filmový archiv, D026, UPC/EAN 8-595052-296591.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 PAL 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) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Czechoslovakian language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; €5.00.
Release date: 202?.
Country of origin: Czechoslovakia
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This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from archival film elements.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Neuvěřitelno.
Supplemental material includes an interview with Ivan Klimeš on the career of Vlasta Burian; an interview with Jan Ledecký on technical print color-toning; a featurette with Neuvěřitelno on composing music for the film; and a trailer for the film.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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Region 0 PAL DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Lovers of an Old Criminal (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Czechoslovakian language intertitles, optional? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $23.09.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print or pirated from the NFA edition noted above.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings or by a music score pirated from the NFA edition noted above.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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