Product Details

• Actors: William Boyd, Carole Lombard, Owen Moore, Diane Ellis
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001AOW6PW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,732 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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HIGH VOLTAGE - DVD Movie

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Carole's and Hoppy's first "talkie", September 26, 2009

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Voltage (DVD)

First a word about 'gray market' DVDs such as REEL ENTERPRISES--
"Extras" are non-existent and inclusion of artwork or liner notes varies by manufacturer. Often, transfers are not of the highest quality. The movies themselves are unrestored and rarely pristine (but still watchable).

Bear in mind that there's little call for redigitizing such public domain minor works as this. HIGH VOLTAGE is best for collectors of the earliest talkies and for fans of Carole Lombard and Hopalong Cassidy creator William Boyd. They are EXCELLENT in this story, BTW as is the rest of the small cast, despite occasionally cornball dialogue.

Interested viewers feel the biting cold these stranded people endure and bear along with them the deprivation of things we normally take for granted, like nourishment and physical ease. Those who dismiss this movie lightly should consider its place in history. All-talking pictures hadn't been around for a year when this was released in June of 1929 yet "High Voltage" is an engrossing photoplay with a most satisfactory conclusion. Credit director Howard Higgin for that.


As the product description adequately covers plot, some triva here:

This was the "talkie" premiere of all six cast members and director Higgin.
Scripted in part by James Gleason, a fine character actor.
CAROL LOMBARD became Carole by accident in 1930, when her name was misspelled in her first PARAMOUNT picture.
OWEN MOORE (Det. Dan Egan) took part in some 271 prior silents, but only acted in 10 more sound films. His career ended in 1937, with A STAR IS BORN.
Aussie-born BILLY BEVAN (Gus, the singing bus driver) is most famous as a silent-era slapstick clown.
Before the advent of sound, WILLIAM BOYD appeared in costumers, adventure stories and melodramas. In 1926, he starred for Cecil B. DeMille in THE VOLGA BOATMAN.
PHILLIPS SMALLEY (Henderson the banker) directed 339 films (mostly shorts) between 1911 and '19 and acted in 100 during those years. He spent the next two decades in front of the camera.
In 1930, DIANE ELLIS (the Kid) fell ill while honeymooning in India and died. Her entire movie career is 8 silents and 2 talkies.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Carole's and Hoppy's first "talkie", September 26, 2009

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Voltage (DVD)

ALPHA VIDEO offers bargain priced, often hard-to-find vintage movies that are ideal for those willing to skip DVD extras. Their transfers show no evidence of restoration, so quality varies from one title to the next, with "fair to good" being the average. Their edition of HIGH VOLTAGE is a typical medium-quality dub.

Bear in mind that there's little call for redigitizing such public domain minor works as this. HIGH VOLTAGE is best for collectors of the earliest talkies and for fans of Carole Lombard and Hopalong Cassidy creator William Boyd. They are EXCELLENT in this story, BTW as is the rest of the small cast, despite occasionally cornball dialogue.

Interested viewers feel the biting cold these stranded people endure and bear along with them the deprivation of things we normally take for granted, like nourishment and physical ease. Those who dismiss this movie lightly should consider its place in history. All-talking pictures hadn't been around for a year when this was released in June of 1929 yet "High Voltage" is an engrossing photoplay with a most satisfactory conclusion. Credit director Howard Higgin for that.


As the product description adequately covers plot, some triva here:

This was the "talkie" premiere of all six cast members and director Higgin.
Scripted in part by James Gleason, a fine character actor.
CAROL LOMBARD became Carole by accident in 1930, when her name was misspelled in her first PARAMOUNT picture.
OWEN MOORE (Det. Dan Egan) took part in some 271 prior silents, but only acted in 10 more sound films. His career ended in 1937, with A STAR IS BORN.
Aussie-born BILLY BEVAN (Gus, the singing bus driver) is most famous as a silent-era slapstick clown.
Before the advent of sound, WILLIAM BOYD appeared in costumers, adventure stories and melodramas. In 1926, he starred for Cecil B. DeMille in THE VOLGA BOATMAN.
PHILLIPS SMALLEY (Henderson the banker) directed 339 films (mostly shorts) between 1911 and '19 and acted in 100 during those years. He spent the next two decades in front of the camera.
In 1930, DIANE ELLIS (the Kid) fell ill while honeymooning in India and died. Her entire movie career is 8 silents and 2 talkies.

4.0 out of 5 stars Carole's and Hoppy's first "talkie", September 26, 2009

By 

Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: High Voltage (1929) (DVD)

First a word about 'gray market' DVDs such as SYNERGY--
"Extras" are non-existent and inclusion of artwork or liner notes varies by manufacturer. Often, transfers are not of the highest quality. The movies themselves are unrestored and rarely pristine (but still watchable).

Bear in mind that there's little call for redigitizing such public domain minor works as this. HIGH VOLTAGE is best for collectors of the earliest talkies and for fans of Carole Lombard and Hopalong Cassidy creator William Boyd. They are EXCELLENT in this story, BTW as is the rest of the small cast, despite occasionally cornball dialogue.

Interested viewers feel the biting cold these stranded people endure and bear along with them the deprivation of things we normally take for granted, like nourishment and physical ease. Those who dismiss this movie lightly should consider its place in history. All-talking pictures hadn't been around for a year when this was released in June of 1929 yet "High Voltage" is an engrossing photoplay with a most satisfactory conclusion. Credit director Howard Higgin for that.


As the product description adequately covers plot, some triva here:

This was the "talkie" premiere of all six cast members and director Higgin.
Scripted in part by James Gleason, a fine character actor.
CAROL LOMBARD became Carole by accident in 1930, when her name was misspelled in her first PARAMOUNT picture.
OWEN MOORE (Det. Dan Egan) took part in some 271 prior silents, but only acted in 10 more sound films. His career ended in 1937, with A STAR IS BORN.
Aussie-born BILLY BEVAN (Gus, the singing bus driver) is most famous as a silent-era slapstick clown.
Before the advent of sound, WILLIAM BOYD appeared in costumers, adventure stories and melodramas. In 1926, he starred for Cecil B. DeMille in THE VOLGA BOATMAN.
PHILLIPS SMALLEY (Henderson the banker) directed 339 films (mostly shorts) between 1911 and '19 and acted in 100 during those years. He spent the next two decades in front of the camera.
In 1930, DIANE ELLIS (the Kid) fell ill while honeymooning in India and died. Her entire movie career is 8 silents and 2 talkies.