my thanks to all those who have pointed out the german DVD . . . . my library has already placed an order for it BTW, should anyone else on-list care about this, 2 sequences from the silent version have been posted on you tube, including one sequence from the film in parallel silent and sound versions . . . just type "SILENT BLACKMAIL" into the search box . . . the parallel versions were posted by "sexena199" mike -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of frank krutnik The dvd disc available from German amazon features both the silent & sound versions, though this is not signalled in the product description (enlarge the cover image to confirm...) frank krutnik ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org