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Bucking
Broadway
(1917)

This early John Ford western, one his few surviving silent era films, features Harry Carey and Molly Malone.

When big city revelers and western cowboys mix it up, watch out!

The Criterion Collection
2010 Blu-ray Disc edition

Stagecoach (1939), black & white, 96 minutes, not rated, with Bucking Broadway (1917), color-tinted black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.

The Criterion Collection, CC1864BD (collection number 516), UPC 7-15515-05251-1, ISBN 978-1-60465-231-4.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 25.8 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 5.1 surround sound, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, and Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; insert booklet; standard BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 25 May 2010.
Country of origin: USA

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

This Blu-ray Disc edition features Bucking Broadway (1917), which has been transferred from the Archives Françaises du Film du Centre National de la Cinématographie restoration of the film undertaken from an incomplete (fragments and frames missing) 35mm print in their collection. Missing frames in the source print makes some shots’ action jerky.

The film is accompanied by music composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin, with a violinist.

Among the additional content is the new, restored high-definition video transfer of Stagecoach (1939) with an uncompressed monaural soundtrack, a video homage to legendary stuntman and silent era cowboy star Yakima Canutt, and the 1949 Screen Director’s Playhouse radio adaptation of Stagecoach with John Wayne, Claire Trevor and John Ford in a MP3 file.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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The Criterion Collection
2010 DVD edition

Stagecoach (1939), black & white, 96 minutes, not rated, with Bucking Broadway (1917), color-tinted black & white, 54 minutes, not rated.

The Criterion Collection, CC1857D (collection number 516),
UPC 7-15515-05191-0, ISBN 978-1-60465-225-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set), 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 5.1 stereo sound and Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 7 chapter stops; insert booklet; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 25 May 2010.
Country of origin: USA

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

This DVD edition features Bucking Broadway (1917), which has been transferred from the Archives Françaises du Film du Centre National d e la Cinématographie restoration of the film undertaken from an incomplete (fragments and frames missing) 35mm print in their collection. Missing frames in the source print makes some shots’ action jerky.

The film is accompanied by music composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin, with a violinist.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

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Cinéma
2004 DVD edition

Bucking Broadway (1917), color-tinted black & white, 53 minutes, not rated.

Cinéma magazine, number 8, ISBN 2-9152-8055-X.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate, no audio tracks, English language intertitles, permanent French language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; no case; €20.00.
Release date: 22 October 2004.
Country of origin: France

This DVD edition of the rare John Ford film was released as a supplement to Cinéma magazine, number 8, published by Leo Scheer in France. The film was restored by Archives Françaises du Film in cooperation with the Museum of Modern Art. The results are OK, with a number of video compression artifacts visible.

It is unknown whether the magazine is still available, with the disc, as a back issue.

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 2 PAL DVD edition is . . .