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A Lady of Chance
(1928)
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Norma Shearer stars in this Robert Z. Leonard production that features Johnny Mack Brown, Lowell Sherman and Gwen Lee.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2009 DVD edition
A Lady of Chance (1928), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-20022-3.
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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 7 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 18 August 2009.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an excellent archival 35mm print and is presented as originally broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies cable television network.
The film is accompanied by a fine music score composed by Christopher Caliendo and performed by the Caliendo Chamber Jazz Ensemble.
There is no supplementary material included on this manufactured-on-demand DVD-R disc.
This home video edition is enthusiatically recommended.
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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 NORMA SHEARER films available on home video.
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