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Tell It to
the Marines
(1926)
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This tough military drama, directed by George W. Hill, stars Lon Chaney, and features William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Eddie Gribbon, Carmel Myers and Warner Oland.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2012 DVD edition
Tell It to the Marines (1926), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-48930-7.
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; $17.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 24 May 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition is as originally prepared for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.
The film is accompanied by an emsemble music score arranged and conducted by Robert Israel.
This is the only known home video edition of the film that we are aware of.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.
Other silent era WILLIAM HAINES films available on home video.
Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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