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The Way of the
Strong
(1928)
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This feature drama, directed by Frank Capra, stars Mitchell Lewis and Alice Day, with Margaret Livingston, Theodore von Eltz, William Norton Bailey and Willie Fung.
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 Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
Frank Capra at Columbia (1928-2024), black
& white, ? minutes total, not rated, including
The Way of the Strong (1928), black & white,
58 minutes, not rated.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
12709928, UPC 0-43396-63593-7.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase in cardboard library box; $230.99.
Release date: 19 November 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from the best surviving archival materials.
The film is likely accompanied by a custom music score.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary by Stan Taffel and Bryan Cooper; and the full-length documentaries, Frank Capra’s American Dream (1997) by Kenneth Bowser, and Frank Capra: Mr. America (2023) by Matthew Wells.
For information regarding other films included in the boxset, see our Frank Capra at Columbia on home video page.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available from
SONY PICTURES through . . .
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Other silent era FRANK CAPRA films available on home video.
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