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The
Notorious Lady
(1927)
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This turgid B-studio drama, written by Jane Murfin and directed by King Baggot, stars Lewis Stone and Barbara Bedford, with Ann Rork, Earl Metcalfe and Francis McDonald.
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 Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
The Notorious Lady (1927), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10289-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 256 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 18 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2007
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 3 / additional content: 0 / overall: 4.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm nitrate print. The video transfer is closed-up in its shadow details that are barely visible and highlights that are occasionally blasted out to white, with some dust, speckling, schmutz, emulsion scuffing, vertical scratches, the faintest signs of beginning nitrate decomposition, filmbase wear, timing marks, and other print flaws remaining in the transfer. The source material may look better than this in reality but the picture details in this analog video transfer are only of the quality commonly associated with a very-good 16mm reduction print.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled and abruptly edited from preexisting low-fidelity monaural music recordings.
While it is not the greatest release, for now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
This review was updated in 2025.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2023 DVD edition
The Notorious Lady (1927), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8510D, UPC 0-89218-85109-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 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, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $8.98 (raised to $9.99).
Release date: 31 January 2023.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition is likely to have been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The presentation is likely to be accompanied by a cobbled-together music score of preexisting musical recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Notorious Lady (1927), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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