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Why not on DVD? This is a most significant film in cinema history

posted 14 years ago by guy_lazarus
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It's supposed to be fascistic, for one thing!

Good question. I find it hard to believe that this is not on DVD somewhere in the world. After all, it's DeMille's first talkie. I'd love to see it. His second movie, Madame Satan is on DVD, so why not this one? If anyone has any info on where I can get a copy of this, please PM me!

[–] skiddoo 12 years ago

Who supposes that? Anyone besides you?

[–] learningrichard 12 years ago

Considering that, among other important landmarks, this film:

- is a very early, pre-1930 talkie
- is Cecil B. DeMille's first talkie
- is an early appearance of the famous Joel McCrea
- features the then famous Russ Columbo hauntingly singing the song "How Am I To Know"
- Marks the end (from my research) of the career of the child actor Muriel McCormac
- Need I mention the appearance of Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford?

I too "suppose" it is a significant film in cinema history.

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[–] cold_sky 9 years ago

- is a very early, pre-1930 talkie
- is Cecil B. DeMille's first talkie

wellllll kinda but not really. He made it as a silent film and it was released at the same time as sound films hit... and his film bombed because of it.

So the studio added a few sound scenes but DeMille wanted nothing to do with it. So it's not his first talkie because someone else did it on his film.

UCLA owns a copy of this on film—16 or 35, I can't tell, but they freakin' need to get this film on DVD already.