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Fulta Fisher’s Boarding House
(1922)
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This short drama, directed by Frank Capra, stars Mildred Owens and Ethan Allen, with Olaf Skavlan, Gerald Griffin and Oreste Seragnoli.
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 The Criterion Collection
2014 Blu-ray Disc edition
It Happened One Night (1934), black & white, 105 minutes total, not rated, with Fulta Fisher’s Boarding House (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, CC2416BD (spine number 736), UPC 7-15515-11961-0, ISBN 978-1-60465-887-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 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; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional English language SDH subtitles; chapter stops; 16-page insert booklet; standard BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 18 November 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from an archival film print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin.
Supplemental material includes the feature-length documentary Frank Capra’s American Dream (1997) on the director’s life and career; Fulta Fisher’s Boarding House (1922) with a music score by Donald Sosin; the featurette Screwball Comedy?, a conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate; a 1999 interview with Frank Capra Jr.; the 1982 American Film Institute tribute to Capra; a theatrical trailer; a 16-page insert booklet with an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Region A Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 The Criterion Collection
2014 DVD edition
It Happened One Night (1934), black & white, 105 minutes total, not rated, with Fulta Fisher’s Boarding House (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, unknown catalog number (spine number 736), unknown UPC number, unknown ISBN number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional English language SDH subtitles; chapter stops; 16-page insert booklet; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 18 November 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from an archival film print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin.
Supplemental material includes the feature-length documentary Frank Capra’s American Dream (1997) on the director’s life and career; Fulta Fisher’s Boarding House (1922) with a music score by Donald Sosin; the featurette Screwball Comedy?, a conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate; a 1999 interview with Frank Capra Jr.; the 1982 American Film Institute tribute to Capra; a theatrical trailer; a 16-page insert booklet with an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era FRANK CAPRA films available on home video.
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Frank Capra filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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