Thanks, Jari,
Unfortunately, my restorations were done for laser disc back in the early 1990's. I'm sure that most of the DVD releases used my transfers but I don't profit from them.
Such is the curse of restoring public domain titles.
I can't comment on issues with other transfers but I can state for a fact that this Blu-ray was taken from my 35mm preservation elements.
My preservation was done optically circa 1991 via wet-gate printing by John E. Allen laboratories, long recognized as one of the top labs for black and white...
John: that was the AFRICA laser that I produced for Image Enterainment. It was awarded "Best Supplemental Disc of the Year" by Video Magazine in 1989.
Greg Kintz, Jack Theakston and I will be at the Expo. Please look us up and say hello.
Glen: pretty much all of the DVD releases of the four...
That's the risk you take with mastering anything in public domain from superior 35mm materials.
Prior to my work on these four titles in the early 1990's, all the versions out there were from 16mm. The AFRICA SCREAMS releases were horrible. It took a long time to find good 35mm elements and I...
Thanks for the suggestion Glen and I'd love to BUT...
My days of dealing with public domain are over. I got burnt badly on AFRICA SCREAMS, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK and SCARED TO DEATH and I don't want to repeat that experience.
I hope that you understand!
Special thanks to 3-D Film Archive friend and all around great guy Glenn Erickson for this review of my restoration of THE DEVIL BAT on Blu-ray.http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4280bat.html