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Queen of Sports
(1934)
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This sports drama was directed by Sun Yu and stars Li-li Li, Yi Zhang and Langen Han.
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 Cinema Epoch
2007 DVD edition
The Big Road (1935), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated, with Queen of Sports (1934), black & white, 83 minutes, not rated.
Epoch Entertainment,
unknown catalog number, UPC 8-91514-00121-4.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Chinese language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.98.
Release date: 8 May 2007.
Country of origin: USA •
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This DVD edition of this silent Chinese drama may have been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by an original music score composed and performed on synthesizers by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.
For our notes on the other film on this disc, see our The Big Road on home video page.
For now, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of this film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Queen of Sports (1934), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other CHINESE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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