The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Criterion Collection (USA, 1998)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

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DVD Contents - Overview

• The Lady Vanishes (1938) with feature length commentary track

DVD Information

• released by Criterion Collection in 1998 (USA)
• region encoding: region 0
• format: 1 disc, single layer (DVD5), in Amaray case
• release date: 1998
• UPC/EAN: 037429122129
• ISBN: 0780020723
• catalogue: LAD120
• main transfer: NTSC black & white
• status: out of print
• database ID: 2701

DVD Contents - Detailed Information

• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  • length: 95 minutes (01:35:06)
  • audio: English mono (DD1.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 5.86 Mb/sec

• Feature length commentary track
  • by film historian Bruce Eder
  • audio: English mono (DD1.0)
  • subtitles: none

• Restoration demonstration
  • length: 3 minutes (00:03:21)
  • audio: mono (DD1.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1

Booklet/Insert

• 4 pages, including 3 pages of film notes and a chapter list.

Comments and Notes

• The transfer used for this DVD is missing approx 6 seconds of footage (more details).
• In 2006, a new transfer was included in the 50 DVD "Essential Art House" set from Criterion Collection (see DVD Beaver).
• In 2007, Criterion released a new DVD edition of the film, with the missing footage restored.

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Reviews

• DVD Beaver

Relevant Message Board Topics

• Comparison screen grabs of this and the Carlton region 2 disc
• Comparison screen grabs of this, the Carlton region 2, and the German region 2 Concorde release
• Missing footage in Criterion's The Lady Vanishes

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