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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, ? minutes, not rated, with Why Be Good? (1929), black & white, ? 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $21.99.
Release date: 26 March 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm archival print.
The film is likely accompanied by a tinkly piano music score performed by Arthur Barrow.
This is likely to be our 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 foreign language 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 35mm archival print materials, and is presented as originally broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.
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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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era JOAN CRAWFORD films available on home video.
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