This release can only be found in the following box set: 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg
Roughneck stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for Mae (Betty Compson), a wise and weary dance-hall girl, in Josef von Sternberg’s evocative portrait of lower-class waterfront folk. Fog-enshrouded cinematography by Harold Rosson (The Wizard of Oz), expressionist set design by Hans Dreier (Sunset Boulevard), and sensual performances by Bancroft and Compson make this one of the legendary director’s finest works, and one of the most exquisitely crafted films of its era.
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Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Alternate Score, Interview, Booklet
- Two scores, one by Robert Israel and another by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton
- Swedish television interview from 1968 with director Josef von Sternberg
- A ninety-six-page booklet featuring essays by Geoffrey O'Brien, Anton Kaes, and Lucy Sante; notes on the scores by the composers; Ben Hecht’s original story for Underworld; and an excerpt from Josef von Sternberg’s autobiography, Fun in a Chinese Laundry, on actor Emil Jannings
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Producer: Issa Clubb
Artwork: F. Ron Miller
Release Notes on Restoration
The Docks of New York
All three films are presented in their original aspect ratio of l.33:1. 0n widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. The pictures have been slightly windowboxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. These new high-definition digital transfers were created on a Spirit HD 4K Datacine, with density correction done on a Da Vinci 2K. Underworld’s transfer was created from a 35 mm fine-grain positive, The Last Command’s from a 35 mm duplicate negative, and The Docks of New York’s from a 35 mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, iitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTl’s DRS system and Pixel Farm‘s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.
The scores by Robert Israel, Alloy Orchestra, and Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton are presented in stereo.
The scores by Robert Israel, Alloy Orchestra, and Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton are presented in stereo.