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Mr. Wu
(1927)

Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition

Mr. Wu (1927), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-28954-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $17.95).
Release date: 20 October 2010.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from excellent 35mm print materials, as originally prepared for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.

The film is accompanied by a stereo orchestral music score composed by Maria Newman and performed by the Viklarbo Chamber Symphony that has been characterized by some collectors as “horrible.” Some musical passages certainly are horrible.

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eMoviez
2006 DVD edition

Mr. Wu (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

eMoviez, SIL1, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition may have been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The packaging touts color-tints and restored intertitles.

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