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High Voltage
(1929)

This early sound feature, directed by Howard Higgin, stars William Boyd and Owen Moore, with Carole Lombard, Diane Ellis, Billy Bevan and Phillips Smalley.

The Film Detective
2017 DVD edition

High Voltage (1929), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.

The Film Detective, no catalog number, UPC 1-91091-22925-5.
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; $14.95.
Release date: 29 June 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .

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