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The Boob
(1926)
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This MGM comedy, directed by William A. Wellman, stars Gertrude Olmstead, George K. Arthur, Joan Crawford and Charlie Murray.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Boob (1926), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, with Why Be Good? (1929), black & white, 81 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-40418-30336-8.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 36.2 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 2.1 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 16 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $21.99.
Release date: 26 March 2024.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 6 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition has been mastered from a high-definition scan of a very-good 16mm reduction print. Digital image stabilization and clean-up has been performed for this remastered edition. The results are a marked improvement in image clarity over Warner’s DVD edition noted below.
The film is accompanied by a tinkly piano music score performed by Arthur Barrow.
This is our highly recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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 Warner Archive Collection
2009 DVD edition
The Boob (1926), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-19708-0.
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 6.6 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 subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 18 August 2009.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 6 / additional content: 0 / overall: 6.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an archival 16mm reduction print, and is presented as originally broadcast on Turner Classic Movies in 2003. The source material is soft in its image details, with mild emulsion scuffing, and other minor print flaws.
The film is accompanied by a tinkly piano music score performed by Arthur Barrow.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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Other silent era JOAN CRAWFORD films available on home video.
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