The Great Gabbo Blu-ray
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Posted April 28, 2021 04:29 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have announced that they are planning to release on Blu-ray James Cruze's The Great Gabbo (1929), starring Erich von Stroheim, Donald Douglas, and Betty Compson. The release will be available for purchase on July.
Description: One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars Erich von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue (Betty Compson), against a backdrop of singularly strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fly-themed "Caught in a Web"). Director James Cruze (The Covered Wagon) allowed von Stroheim to endow the character with his signature flourishes, resulting in a wicked cocktail of garish stage shows and Austro-Hungarian villainy that is a diabolical delight.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars Erich von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue (Betty Compson), against a backdrop of singularly strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fly-themed "Caught in a Web"). Director James Cruze (The Covered Wagon) allowed von Stroheim to endow the character with his signature flourishes, resulting in a wicked cocktail of garish stage shows and Austro-Hungarian villainy that is a diabolical delight.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 2K RESTORATION from 35mm materials preserved by the Library of Congress
- Audio commentary by Richard Barrios, author of A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
