BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT & MONTE CRISTO:
Produced by Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange, Jeffery Masino and David Shepard
Special contents of this edition © 2009 Film Preservation Associates, Inc.

Bardelys The Magnificent: 91 min. / Monte Cristo: 107 min. /
Rediscovering John Gilbert: 32 min.
Total: 230 min. / B&W / Tinted / Silent / Sound / 1:33:1 aspect ratio

Bardelys The Magnificent is reconstructed from the sole surviving print in the former collection of Gilles de la Mettrie, now part of the Lobster Films Collection, Paris. The English titles are from the original cutting continuity in the MGM Collection at the Special Collections Library, Cinematic Arts Library of the University of Southern California. The still images are from the MGM Collection at the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Very special thanks to George Feltenstein at Warner Bros., Bob Osher and Gayle McDonald at Sony Pictures; and to Ned Comstock, Robert Cushman, and Manoah Bowman. Eric Lange supervised the film preservation, executed the digital restoration, and produced this edition with Serge Bromberg and David Shepard.

Monte Cristo is reconstructed from a print preserved by Narodny Flmarchiv, Prague, Czech Republic. The English titles are adapted by Jeffery Masino and David Shepard from the original script by Bernard McConville at the Special Collections Library, Cinematic Arts Library of the University of Southern California, and from translations of the Czech titles in the preserved print. Video editing: Eric Lange. Special thanks to Ned Comstock and Robert Israel.