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7th Heaven
(1927)
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Frank Borzage’s drama, 7th Heaven (1927), is another teaming of director Borzage with Fox stars Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor (who had won the first Academy Award® for Actress for her combined performances in 7th Heaven and Street Angel, both directed by Borzage, and for Sunrise).
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 20th Century Fox
Home Entertainment
2008 DVD edition
Murnau, Borzage and Fox (1925-1932), black & white and color, 1080 minutes total, not rated, including 7th Heaven (1927), black & white, 119 minutes, not rated.
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
35622, UPC 0-24543-56220-7.
One dual-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (twelve DVDs in the set); 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 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 24 chapter stops; clothbound binder with disc pockets in clothbound box; $239.98.
Release date: 9 December 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of Frank Borzage’s 7th Heaven (1927) has been mastered from a very-good Movietone 35mm duplicate print (the picture being cropped to an approximate 1.20:1 ratio).
The film is presented here with its original mono Movietone soundtrack.
Some collectors have reported scuffed discs that are packaged in die-cut pockets within the binder, and problems playing the double-sided 7th Heaven/The River disc. This disc packaging choice has been a disturbing trend in larger boxsets like this one and the plastic-slipcased Hitchcock collection with their die-cut disc pockets within stiff cardboard pages. Our own copy of this set has presented no playback problems with the discs on Sony and Panasonic BD players. Others have complained that the set is bulky at seven pounds and hard to handle, with its large binder and two full-size books.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 British Film Institute
2009 DVD edition
7th Heaven (1927), black & white, 114 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, with Street Angel (1928), black & white, 97 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.
British Film Institute, BFIVD618, UPC 5-035673-006184.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 26 October 2009
Country of origin: England
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This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good Movietone 35mm duplicate print (the picture being cropped to an approximate 1.20:1 ratio). It is likely to be identical in visual quality to the Fox edition noted above.
The film is presented with its original mono Movietone soundtrack.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Purchase supports Silent Era.
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 eMoviez
200? DVD edition
7th Heaven (1927), black & white, 114 minutes, not rated.
eMoviez, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 200?
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 recordings.
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EMOVIEZ no longer sells home video products and this item is . . .
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 Nostalgia Family Video
2010 DVD edition
7th Heaven (1927), black & white, 110 minutes, not rated.
Nostalgia Family Video, 9004D, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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NOSTALGIA FAMILY VIDEO has discontinued business
and this DVD-R edition is . . .
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Other silent era FRANK BORZAGE films available on home video.
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