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Bed and Sofa
(1927)

Flicker Alley
2015 DVD edition

Bed and Sofa (1927), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated, with Chess Fever (1925), black & white, 28 minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, distributed by MovieZyng,
FA-MD3-006, UPC 8-89290-09097-3.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 18 March 2015.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good source print and should be of identical quality to the 2004 Image edition noted below. Refer to our comments on that edition for an idea of what to expect from this DVD-R edition. This edition replaces the Image edition noted below.

The film is accompanied by music performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra from a score compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from FLICKER ALLEY through . . .

Film Preservation Associates
2004 DVD edition

Bed and Sofa (1927), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated, with Chess Fever (1925), black & white, 28 minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID5753DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-57532-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (reissued on 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 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate (music), and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate (commentary); English language intertitles, no subtitles; 17 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 9 March 2004.
Country of origin: USA •

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good preservation print and features newly-translated, video-based intertitles.

The film is accompanied by a very satisfying music score performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra as compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall.

This DVD includes audio commentary for Bed and Sofa by Julian Graffy, professor of Russian Literature and Cinema at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London, and author of Bed and Sofa: The Film Companion (I.B. Taurus Publishers, 2001).

The edition was reissued on DVD-R disc; it is now out-of-print and is replaced by the Flicker Alley edition noted above.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition has been discontinued
and is . . .