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Yes TM2 Megatron, everything is proceeding on schedule and our restoration of SEPTEMBER STORM will be in backers hands this December. Our restoration of IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE was completed months ago and will be released on 3-D Blu-ray October 4.

Mike, thank you very much for keeping this thread active. As a wise man once said, the truth will out. For everyone with inquiries on the sad state of these titles, this is an excellent resource.

"I am NOT going to spend 20K on HANNAH LEE so a handful of collectors can see it before they die." Shameful. As caretaker of this film - your asset - you want people to settle for this? Jack Broder must be spinning in his grave. Really, there are no words.

Robert, that sounds like a good plan to me. It would achieve our primary goals of saving the film, restoring it in 3-D and making it available for fans, students and scholars to enjoy on both Blu-ray and in theatrical venues. Wade, what do you say?

MisterLime, is the Kino door slammed shut - or would there still be a chance for Wade to come back and accept their very generous offer?

Thanks for clearing that up, MisterLime. Walking away from Kino's offer is incredibly short-sighted, in many ways. Another added benefit to the Kino restorations would have meant that all films composed for widescreen would have finally been presented in their correct and director-intended...

As I told a VERY high profile member of the archival community yesterday, I'm making this offer publicly because I've tried for the past four years to move this project forward in private communication - and nothing has happened. I wasted a lot of time making offers and counter-offers. I'm not...

The 3-D preservation of HANNAH LEE will take an estimated five months of painstaking frame by frame work on the 35mm left/right elements. Every single shot in the film will require up to six levels of correction. They include color restoration, left/right panel matching, flicker reduction, image...

From August 9: a Good Post is Worth Repeating: I'll put this offer on the table: if we are given full access to the HANNAH LEE 35mm elements, we would do a complete stereoscopic restoration and release it on 3-D Blu-ray and DCP for theatrical. With our unique left/right panel-matching and image...

No, Grover Crisp at Sony did those 3-D masters. They're very good but have some sizing issues (and one flat shot in Man in the Dark) that we could have fixed. Wade, I've known you since the late 1970's so I'll be blunt: if you're waiting for a big payday like you got years ago in the days of...

Once I license my library it's out of sight out of mind until the license terminates. I don't buy the DVD's or look at the sample copies. Wow. I would think as the owner of these assets, you would want them presented in the best possible light. You don't even look at screeners for quality...

Speaking of aspect ratios, none of Wade's vintage standard-def transfers of post-1953 widescreen films have been in the correct and director-intended widescreen ratios, including this one:

Sigh...

Thanks, Jack for the explanation on Cinecolor opticals. I figured you would know the answer! Take a look at the magnificent job Ignite did with their nitrate Cinecolor Randolph Scott titles. Jan Willem did the right thing and restored them...

The three-color Cinecolor separation masters exist as does the 35mm original Eastman color camera negative. Here's a frame from the academy leader. All home video releases have been taken from a 35mm Supercinecolor print. Having done the same many years ago for my JACK AND THE BEANSTALK...

Interdimensional, you are absolutely correct. The audience for these films is not growing and is getting older every year. The time to act is now!

Wade, I saw the materials at Movielab in Hollywood in 1985. You've had two dozen boxes of HANNAH LEE 35mm elements from the Jack Broder Estate for decades now - and they've never once been opened or inspected. It's time to dig into those materials, evaluate their condition and save this...

So HANNAH LEE will never be restored in 3-D because it's public domain and you'll lose money when people copy your restoration? Fine, then release the elements to someone not motivated by profit but by preservation...

Actually, here's what killed 3-D in 1954: http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/what-killed-3D

I've said it many times before and it's worth repeating. If it weren't for Kino, GOG would have never happened. Richard Lorber, Frank Tarzi, Bret Wood and the entire team at Kino Lorber are to be applauded for sharing our goals to restore as many vintage 3-D films as possible. We are...

With all due respect, the focus of this open letter from Mr. Ballew was on his 3-D holdings: Robot Monster Cat-Women of the Moon Hannah Lee :)

The three color Cinecolor seps (red, blue, yellow) exist as does the OCN, which still retains 90% of its color. It's missing opticals and some effects shots but those can be used from the seps to fully restore the original 1953 domestic release.