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The Johnstown
Flood
(1926)
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This Fox drama, directed by Irving Cummings, stars George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor, with Florence Gilbert, Anders Randolf, Paul Nicholson, Paul Panzer, George Harris, Max Davidson, and (reputedly) appearances as extras by Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper and Clark Gable.
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 The Film Preserve
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Johnstown Flood (1926), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
The Film Preserve and The Maltese Film Works,
FPMFW001, UPC 8-10134-94228-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Regions ABC 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; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $35.45.
Release date: 17 October 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered at 4K high-resolution from 35mm print materials held by the George Eastman Museum film archive.
The film may be accompanied by an arrangement of the original music score by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Supplementary material includes an essay by film historian Shelly Stamp; a featurette on special effects featuring sound designer Ben Burtt and special visual effects artist Craig Barron; an audio interview with George O’Brien; Janet Gaynor at the 50th Annual Academy Awards; a stills gallery of historic photographs taken after the Johnstown Flood; and a stills gallery of stereographic photographs taken after the Johnstown Flood with anaglyphic 3D viewing glasses.
Recommended, sight unseen, as this is the only home video edition of the film we are aware of.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition from Amazon.com. Purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era GARY COOPER films available on home video.
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