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Lonesome / Carl Laemmle presents ; a Paul Fejos production ; story, Mann Page ; adaptation and scenario, Edward T. Lowe Jr. ; directed by Paul Fejos.
LIBRA BLU RAY PN1997 .L6648 2012 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 623.
- Criterion collection ; 623
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Amusement parks--New York (State)--Drama.
- Amusement parks.
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (State).
- New York (State)--New York--Coney Island.
- Genre:
- Comedy.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Silent films.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (69 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue with a mix of English intertitles and dialogue with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray disc; Region A; full screen (1.19:1) presentation; PCM Mono.; Requires Blu-ray player.
- digital optical mono
- video file region A
- Blu-ray
- Summary:
- The early Hollywood gem, Lonesome, is the creation of a little-known, but audacious and one-of-a-kind auteur, Paul Fejos, who bridged the gap between the silent and sound eras. Fejos pulled out all the stops for his lovely New York symphony set in antic Coney Island during the Fourth of July weekend, employing color tinting, superimposition effects, experimental editing, and a roving camera, plus three dialogue scenes, added because of the craze for talkies. Includes bonus features.
- Contents:
- Lonesome
- De tolv Klinger = The Twelve Swords = The last performance
- Broadway.
- Participant:
- Barbara Kent, Glenn Tryon, Fay Holderness, Gustav Partos, Eddie Philips, Andy Devine.
- Credits:
- Photography, Gilbert Warrenton ; film editor, Frank Atkinson.
- Notes:
- Full screen (1.19:1 aspect ratio).
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1928.
- Blu-ray release date: Aug. 28, 2012.
- Includes Paul Fejos's 1929 feature, The last performance starring Conrad Veidt about a magician who becomes smitten with his assistant. Initially filmed as a silent, dialogue scenes were added before it was released. This version no longer exists, so presented here is the Danish version of the silent film, retitled De tovl klinger (The twelve swords) with Danish intertitles and added English subtitles.
- Special features include audio commentary by film hisorian Richard Koszarski ; The last performance, Paul Fejos's 1929 silent; reconstructed sound version of Broadway; Fejos memorial, 1963 visual essay; audio excerpts about Broadway from an interview with Hal Mohr.
- Accompanying booklet contains essays by critic Phillip Lopate and film historian Graham Petrie and an excerpt from a 1962 interview with Fejos.
- Contains:
- Last performance.
- De tolv kilinger.
- Twelve swords.
- Broadway.
- ISBN:
- 9781604656213
- 1604656212
- OCLC:
- 801554958
- Publisher Number:
- 715515097918
- CC2174BD The Criterion Collection
- Online:
- View cover art
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