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Blind Husbands/Great Gabbo (1929)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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Product Details

  • Format: Black & White, NTSC, Silent, Special Edition
  • Language: English, German
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Studio: Kino
  • DVD Release Date: Sep 1 2004
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000094J79
  • Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #43,402 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Product Description

On the DVD
Score adapted by Donald Sosin from the 1919 cue sheet
Excerpts from the original Blind Husbands pressbook
Audio clips of Valerie Von Stroheim and Paul Kohner
Dossier on the ill-fated 1929 remake of Blind Husbands
"The High Command," a 1944 radio broadcast
A note on The Great Gabbo by Erich Von Stroheim
Photo gallery
Published Works: A Brief Survey
Portrait gallery

DVD Menu
  • Side #1 --
    • Blind Husbands: Start Film
    • Blind Husbands: Scene Selection
    • The Great Gabbo: Start Film
    • The Great Gabbo: Scene Selection
    • Special Features
      • Photo Gallery
      • About the Score
      • Audio Interview Clips
        • Paul Kohner - Producer/Agent
        • Valerie Von Stroheim - Actress/Wife
      • Excerpts From the Original Blind Husbands Pressbook
      • Blind Husbands: The Remake
        • Introduction
        • Script Excerpt
        • Audio Interview Clip
      • Portrait Gallery
      • Published Works
      • The Great Gabbo: Additional Information
        • Memo From EVS
        • About the Restoration
      • "The High Command" From the Government-Sponsored Radio Series Four for the Fifth (1944)
      • Recipes Von Stroheim
        • Almond Strudel
        • Frozen Charlotte Glace


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5.0 out of 5 stars Two Thumbs Up for this Double!, May 19 2004
By Barbara Burkowsky (Manly, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This excellent DVD features a wonderful silent film from 1919 and one of the first Hollywood musicals from 1929, when "talkies" were introduced, and although I was expecting two silent films, I was not one bit disappointed. Knowing next to nothing about Erich von Stroheim (except that I had to see some of his work one day!) I watched and enjoyed both films without any expectations or preconceived ideas, and simply cannot fault either film.
Blind Husbands is visually lovely, the music is perfectly suited, and it is a poignant story with the morale that it's not always "the other man" who is solely to blame in marriage difficulties. It moves along at a comfortable pace as it unfolds and shows the emotions of each character just at the right moment. It's impressive that von Stroheim wrote and directed, as well as played a lead role. As an actor he comes across subtly yet strongly in this film, and overall I rate this film as a top quality silent movie.
The Great Gabbo is a Talkie and shows that von Stroheim was also very competent in speech, playing a very difficult and troubled showman; a ventriloquist, whose dummy almost steals the show. The dummy dialogues and scenes are superb and delightful, balancing the negative and rough character played by Stroheim. Then the musical really gets going; visually surprising, intriguing and fascinating, with very high quality music and songs as good as any famous Hollywood musical since (and personally, I enjoyed this one more than many others musicals) The picture quality is extremely good, being in pristine black and white, and while the sound might sound a bit tinny to sensitive ears, I still think it's a superior work of remastering. While the music and dummy entertain us, a very moving love story also unfolds, leaving the viewer feeling very satisfied after both of these memorable movies.
The DVD also has some interesting special features; photos, interviews and other snippets, including two recipes by Stroheim such as Almond Strudel which sounds worth a try! Definitely a worthwhile DVD - thanks, Kino Video!
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