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Lady Windermere’s
Fan
(1925)
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This feature comedy adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, stars Ronald Colman and May McAvoy, with Bert Lytell, Irene Rich, Edward Martindel, Carrie Daumery, Helen Dunbar, Belle Bennett, Larry Steers and Wilson Benge.
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 National Film Preservation Foundation
2004 DVD edition
More Treasures from American Film Archives (1894-1931), black & white and color, 573 minutes total, not rated, including Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.
National Film Preservation Foundation,
distributed by Image Entertainment, NATD2271DVD,
UPC 0-14381-22712-3, ISBN 0-9747099-1-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three 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 ? 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; three cardboard wrapped plastic trays in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 7 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition is the best available home video edition of the Ernst Lubitsch film.
Highly recommended. Still.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6793D, UPC 0-89218-67939-0.
One single-sided, dual-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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 26 June 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film may be presented with a music score of preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 The Film Detective
2016 DVD edition
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, 120 minutes, not rated.
The Film Detective,
unknown catalog number, UPC 1-91091-18633-6.
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; $9.99.
Release date: 20 September 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. The running time is a little suspect.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
THE FILM DETECTIVE through . . .
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 Synergy Entertainment
2007 DVD edition
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Synergy Entertainment,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-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; $9.99.
Release date: 20 September 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an abridged 16mm reduction print.
Not recommended. From what we have heard, a horrible edition.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
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Other silent era ERNST LUBITSCH films available on home video.
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