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Contents 1 Chantage (1929) - aka "Blackmail" 1.1 Product Links 1.2 Page Status 1.3 DVD Contents - Overview 1.4 Box Sets and Collections 1.5 DVD Information 1.6 DVD Contents - Detailed Information 1.7 Booklet/Insert 1.8 Comments and Notes 1.9 Reviews 1.10 Relevant Message Board Topics 1.11 Images

Chantage (1929) - aka "Blackmail"

Product Links

• Amazon (France)

Page Status

the details of this release have been confirmed as accurate

DVD Contents - Overview

• Blackmail (1929)

Box Sets and Collections

This DVD is only available in the following box sets and collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock: Les Premières Oeuvres 1929/1931, volume 2 - Studio Canal (France, 2005)

DVD Information

• released by Studio Canal in 2005 (France)
• region encoding: region 2
• format: 2 discs, dual layer (DVD9), in hard cardboard case
• release date: 02/May/2005
• UPC/EAN: 3259130224207
• catalogue: 302 242-0
• main transfer: PAL black & white
• database ID: 1108

DVD Contents - Detailed Information

• Blackmail (1929)
  • length: 82 minutes (01:21:57)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: French
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.26 Mb/sec

• Photo gallery for "Blackmail"
  • length: 1 minute (00:00:59)

• Photo gallery for "The Skin Game"
  • length: 1 minute (00:01:04)

• Optional introduction by Noel Simsolo
  • length: 6 minutes (00:06:13)
  • audio: French
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Test sound take with Anny Ondra and Alfred Hitchcock -- see Sound Test page for more details
  • length: 1 minute (00:00:50)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: French
  • ratio: 1.33:1

Booklet/Insert

• Two sided, with adverts for the other two box sets in the collection.

Comments and Notes

• The French subtitles are player generated, but you may not be able to disable them during playback.
• The DVD also contains The Skin Game.
• The box set also comes with Murder! on a separate DVD.
• The transfer has vertical matte bars, making the aspect ratio almost 1.13:1.
• The box set comes with 5 large postcards of stills from the films.

Reviews

• DVD Beaver

Relevant Message Board Topics

Images

DVD box set cover scan

DVD box set rear scan

DVD scan

average bit rate 6.26 Mb/sec - compare with other DVDs

DVD main menu

DVD "Blackmail" menu

DVD chapter gallery

DVD photo gallery

scene - "sound test"

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