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Avant Garde
Short Subjects
from France
(1915-1928)

Contents: La folie du Docteur Tube (1915), La souriante Madame Beudet (1922), Anémic Cinéma (1926), Charleston Parade (1926), Emak-Bakia (1926) and L’Étoile de mer (1928).

Nostalgia Family Video
2010 DVD edition

Avant Garde Short Subjects from France (1915-1928), black & white, 70 minutes total, not rated, including La folie du Docteur Tube (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, La souriante Madame Beudet (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Anémic Cinéma (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Charleston Parade (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Emak-Bakia (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and L’Étoile de mer (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Nostalgia Family Video, 5253D, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops; clamshell CD case; $14.99.
Release date: 2010.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R collection was likely mastered from 16mm reduction prints. The disc has no navigation menu, chapter stops or package artwork and is sold in a clear clamshell case.

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