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The Iron Horse / William Fox presents ; a John Ford production ; story by Charles Kenyon and John Russell ; scenario by Charles Kenyon.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 032 077 disc 1-2
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ford at Fox collection
- The Ford at Fox collection
- Standardized Title:
- Iron horse (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--History--Drama.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--History--Drama.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- Railroads--United States--History--19th century--Drama.
- Railroads.
- Railroad construction workers--United States--History--19th century--Drama.
- Railroad construction workers.
- Interpersonal relations--United States--Drama.
- Interpersonal relations.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Feature films -- United States.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- History.
- Silent films.
- Western films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Videorecordings.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (149 min., 133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Running title on set sleeve: John Ford's silent epics
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Language Note:
- U.S. version: silent film with English intertitles; optional subtitles in Spanish or Quebeç French.
- International version: silent film with English intertitles; optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Quebec French, French, German or Italian.
- System Details:
- U.S. version: DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Dolby Digital stereo, dual layer, NTSC.
- International version: DVD, NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Dolby Digital stereo, dual layer.
- digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
- full frame (1.33:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- A young man pursues his murdered father's dream of the first transcontinental railroad, overcoming impossible odds, greedy officials, crooked Indians, and his father's killer to unite the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways.
- Contents:
- [Disc 1] U.S. version (149 min.)
- [disc 2] International version (133 min.).
- Participant:
- George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick, Will Walling, Francis Powers, J. Farrell MacDonald, James Welch, George Wagner, Fred Kohler, James Marcus, Gladys Hulette.
- Credits:
- Photography, George Schneiderman; titles, Charles Darnton; original piano score, William Perry.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1924.
- These DVDs are copy protected.
- Special features: (both discs) newly created score composed and conducted by Christopher Caliendo in 5.1 Dolby surround; (disc 2) audio commentary by author and film historian Robert Birchard; "Scoring the past: 'The iron horse' sessions with Christopher Calienda" featurette; restoration comparison; still galleries (vintage program gallery; advertising gallery; still gallery).
- OCLC:
- 190763600
- Publisher Number:
- 024543482680
- 024543818564
- 024543483243 50 set
- Online:
- Connect to reviews of this title online.
- Credits from Internet Movie Database
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