Recently I found this movie on VHS, but it didn't have subtitles. I converted it to avi but still I dont have subtitles, and French is not my thing. The only ones I can find are Spanish titles. English ones, no where. Any ideas?
All help highly appreciated!
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I too have a Dvd (copy), but French only...I would also like to have even a translation...
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I just watched a VHS Interama Video Classic on interlibrary loan from Toledo PL and it had English subtitles. It's a B&W film of course and when the white subtitles are against a light background they are very hard to read.
shareThe San Francisco public library has a copy of the Interama VHS from 1988 that has subtitles (I just watched it on July 6, 2015). I think there was a Kino release produced after that that doesn't have subtitles.
One could use Elgato Video Capture to connect a VHS player to a computer and make a digital copy with the subtitles. There are "new" (unopened) and used copies of the Interama VHS from 1988 on Amazon that could be bought for this purpose, but they're pricey.
Here's the description at Amazon that mentions the Interama and Kino releases. The Interama release was produced 50 years (1988) after the film was made (1938).
The Baker's Wife (La Femme du Boulanger)
Marcel Pagnol
1938
Editorial Reviews
This is the original 1988 VHS release from INTERAMA VIDEO CLASSICS, (not the later Kino Release). Marcel Pagnol's Original BAKER'S WIFE from 1938; black and white (124 minutes stated on box, though actual tape label says 133 minutes), in French with English subtitles. A charming and delightful tale, written and directed by Marcel Pagnol, from an incident by Jean Giono, photographed by Georges Benoit, with music by Vincent Scotto. Cast features Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Charles Blavette, Charpin, Charles Moulin.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bakers-Wife-VHS-Raimu/dp/6301305116