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Hangman’s
House
(1928)
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John Ford’s early Irish-themed drama stars Victor McLaglen, June Collyer, Larry Kent and Hobart Bosworth. John Wayne appears, in one of his earliest film appearances, as a cheering steeplechase race attendee.
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 Fox Home Video
2007 DVD edition
Hangman’s House (1928), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated, with 3 Bad Men (1926), black & white, 92 minutes, not rated.
Fox Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 0-24543-48324-3 (boxset).
One double-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD 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) 5.0 surround sound encoded at 448 Kbps audio bit rate, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional French and Spanish language subtitles; closed captions; 17 chapter stops; slimline DVD keepcase [boxset]; $19.98.
Release date: 4 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of John Ford’s early feature film has been mastered from the best-surviving 35mm materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed by Tim Curran.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition
Hangman’s House (1928), black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8615D, UPC 0-89218-86159-7.
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; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 25 June 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era JOHN FORD films available on home video.
Other silent era JOHN WAYNE films available on home video.
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