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News on a DVD release

posted 16 years ago by ian-brown-5
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Good news for fans of Frank Borzage, Janet Gaynor & Charles Farrell: if you're desperate to see this film, like I am, it seems a DVD release is coming at last from the British Film Institute. I had this email from them this morning:

"SEVENTH HEAVEN and LUCKY STAR have finally made it into this year's schedule (probably for the autumn). We have been held up by contractual problems regarding the score for LUCKY STAR.

"I suggest you keep an eye on our website for up-to-date information regarding new releases..."

Their website address is:

www.bfi.org.uk/video

I cannot wait!

[–] zurichpoet 15 years ago

It's an amazing film.

The emotional purity of it, the sincerity, is sumptuously beautiful.

I'm still speechless after watching it.
One of those you hear the world's silence after, it's that glorious.

[–] HarlowMGM 13 years ago

Is the BFI dvd of LUCKY STAR made from the same print that was used for the subsequent Borzage-Murnau American boxed set?

EDIT - Answering my own question, I found this review of the BFI edition that compares the prints to the US boxed set http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews48/frank_borzage_vol_2.htm