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The
Blackbird
(1926)

This Tod Browning crime drama stars Lon Chaney, Renée Adorée and Owen Moore, with Doris Lloyd, Andy MacLennan, William Weston and Sidney Bracy.

Warner Archive Collection
2012 DVD edition

The Blackbird (1926), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-48795-2.
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 7.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $17.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 24 May 2012.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 8 / additional content: 0 / overall: 7.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from very-good 35mm print materials, as originally prepared for presentation on the Turner Classic Movies network. The source print has a moderate amount of dust and speckling, some mild exposure fluctuations, emulsion scuffing and other minor print flaws.

The film is accompanied by an entertaining orchestral music score composed by Robert Israel.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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