Howard Hawk's " Twentieth Century " Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1

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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r

(aka '20th Century')

directed by Howard Hawks
USA 1934

This DVD of Twentieth Century is compared to the Blu-ray HERE

I discovered this film a few years back when it played at the Paramount. I went because ... well ... I don't know. I've never been a Carole Lombard fan, nor a John Barrymore fan. In fact, it was probably because my best friend at the time was a devout Edgar Kennedy follower and well ... he made me go. Ooooooh, the agoooooony!!! (That's ironic humor, baby.) This film was a revelation. Both Lombard and Barrymore are so, so very good that you'll wanna cry. "I close the iron door on you." You'll go around for years saying this to anyone whom you want to go away. You'll say it while giving them a stiff arm to get out of your way. You'll say it with a wild insane look in your eye. And you'll say it because it is useless to resist. I didn't realize going into the theatre that Howard Hawks, fave director of The Thing, Red River, Sergeant York, Bringing Up Baby, and on and on and on, was involved.

Excerpt from Harry Knowles review at the Film Fault (Austin Chronicle) located HERE

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Theatrical Release: May 3rd, 1934 - NY, NY - USA

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DVD Review: Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC

DVD Box Cover		CLICK to order from:
Distribution	Columbia Tri-star Home Video - Region 1- NTSC
Runtime	1:31:06
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.7 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate:
Audio	English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby)
Subtitles	English, Japanese, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Columbia Tri-Star Home Video Aspect Ratio: Original aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Edition Details: • Previews DVD Release Date: February 22nd, 2005 Keep Case Chapters: 12

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This DVD of Twentieth Century is compared to the Blu-ray HERE

This is a pretty good image, nice grain support. Some prevalent contrast flickering in the beginning minutes. Certain scenes that are not as tight show mucho grain where others are of crystal clarity (large captures # 3 and # 7). Decent job of bringing this old image to DVD, but again Columbia are scrimping on the extras, with none (of any merit) here. Audio has a few crackles but is otherwise acceptable. Nice to see this Hawks film reach DVD! out of