Kino is absolutely killing it for me right now. I just got their Complete Metropolis and Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray discs in the mail yesterday and they are amazing! And now this news, that the studio is preparing to deliver a classic Douglas Fairbanks film to Blu. The Black Pirate looks like it’s going to be one hell of a feature packed disc, if the list of extras below is any indication. I’m hoping this release will mark the beginning of Kino’s efforts to bring their entire Fairbanks collection to high-def. I’d give my best hunting bow to get my hands on a Blu-ray copy of his Robin Hood film from 1922!
THE BLACK PIRATE
(December 14, 2010 – MSRP $34.95)
Video: 1.33:1 1080p
Audio: TBA
Special Features:
- Restored two-strip Technicolor version, mastered in HD
- Original 1926 score by Mortimer Wilson, conducted by Robert Israel (1996)
- Organ score by Lee Erwin
- Audio Commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer
- Complete “talkie” version, minus intertitles, with orchestral score and narration by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (75 min., B&W)
- 18 Minutes of outtakes, with commentary by Rudy Behlmer
- 29 Minutes of additional outtakes, courtesy of the Library of Congress
- Photo gallery
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