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The Blu-ray couldn't have come at a better time for me. My old DVD won't play past the half-way point. I'm looking forward to another of those computer-registered Technicolor OCNs. The resolution (and Colors) have been amazing! Incidentally, forget the story and silly antics of this movie, the...

Matthew Broderick in the alternate version of THE MUSIC MAN was completely miscast. Professor Harold Hill is a con man. Mathew is a kind, pleasant, wouldn't-hurt-anyone person.

Thanks for the "timelines" Mr Harris. Re comments about the yellow/ urine / sepia look of these old prints, we've had this discussion before. Didn't we decide that the best way to see how they really looked is in a darkened cinema with carbon arc projection. (And of course color appreciation has...

I just love all of the Merchant/Ivory films. Meticulously made! Beautifully photographed.

This film (and this print I presume) is available on streaming in Australia (SBS On-demand). Like you, Mr Harris, I was certain that I was watching a three-strip Technicolor print. It looks beautiful.

Here's a somewhat relevant item from my collection of 78s. (From about 1938.)

Film noir at its best! Thanks for the info, it means I can keep my Mill Creek.

Reading through these postings I’m obviously a lot older than anyone else. My collection (which I haven’t added to in 50 years), is mainly original (1930s and ’40s) issues of newspaper strips like Mandrake, The Phantom, Flash Gordon, Buz Sawyer, et al. Also Famous Funnies, Tip Top, etc. which...

It used to be common practice to put an ax through old excessive prints that had been written off in the books prior to their being sent to the city dump. I presume these OCNs may have been written off. (When I collected 35mm films I had many odd reels with repairable ax cuts. Collectors used to...

Here's an Australian silk-screen poster from 1947 from a few that I have.

A truly delightful film (I'm speaking of the German version). One interesting technical highlight is that it has one of the longest synchronized continuous tracking shots that I've ever seen during the song "Just Once for all Time".

I've still got the laser disc release of this film (which is pretty poor quality). I've already ordered my copy and am hoping for a much better print. Great movie!

I view my movies 3 metres from a 55-inch Panasonic OLED. At this distance I don’t see any difference in resolution between 2K and 4K discs. As for HDR, sometimes it looks good, at other times it sometimes causes eye-strain. I bought my 4K player 2 years ago and no longer bother to buy the more...

I have the DVD of MURDER AT THE VANITIES (part of the "Pre Code Hollywood" set. It's a most entertaining film and features the first performance of Sam Coslows's classic song "Cocktails for Two" sung by Carl Brisson. (Never the same song after the Spike Jones' version!) Regarding picture...

All of mine but one failed. I also lost 3 from the WB Gangster sets. But spare a thought for those of us outside of the U.S. Warners won't replace our failed discs because, theoretically, the discs were not meant to be sold outside the USA.