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The Road to
Mandalay
(1926)
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This drama, directed by Tod Browning, stars Lon Chaney and Lois Moran, with Owen Moore, Henry B. Walthall, Sojin Kamiyama, Rose Langdon and John George.
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 Sinister Cinema
2024 DVD edition
The Road to Mandalay (1926), black & white, 38 minutes, not rated, The Road to Mandalay (1926), color-tinted black & white, 38 minutes, not rated, and The Miracle Man (1919) [fragment], black & white, 3 minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, AA147, 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95.
Release date: 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an incomplete 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2022 DVD edition
The Road to Mandalay (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 244, 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; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2022.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a subpar VHS videotape transferred from a 16mm reduction print (as is surmised from the publisher-provided frame capture above).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Way overpriced for the quality delivered, Chaney completists may just bite their lip through while ordering this obviously inferior disc.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other silent era TOD BROWNING films available on home video.
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