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One need look no further than Warner's second Best Picture offering of the month, Mrs. Miniver (1942), the original negative of which also does not survive, to get a very good idea how beautiful a nicely exposed nitrate element can be reproduced on Blu-ray. Absolutely gorgeous. One of the great wartime dramas arrives in startlingly beautiful black & white, scanned, colored and cleaned to perfection, creating a release that no doubt would have those who made it giving a huge thumbs up. And "those who made it" is quite a list. Director - William Wyler - (These Three, Dodsworth, Jezebel, The Letter, The Little Foxes, The Best Years of Our Lives, Roman Holiday, Friendly Persuasion, The Big Country, Ben-Hur, Funny Girl) Director of Photography - Joseph Ruttenberg - (Fury, A Day at the Races, The Shopworn Angel, The Great Waltz, The Women, The Philadelphia Story, Ziegfeld Girl, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Woman of the Year, Gaslight, Madame Curie, Brigadoon, Gigi) and the Composer - Herbert Stothart - (Rasputin and the Empress, Queen Christina, David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, Mutiny on the Bounty, A Night at the Opera, A Tale of Two Cities, San Francisco, Camille, Ziegfeld Girl, The White Cliffs of Dover, Kismet, National Velvet, The Yearling, The Sea of Grass) This, like the other two in this release pattern, should all be in the category of "no-brainer" purchases, especially as (like Grand Hotel), is under $14 on Amazon. A perfect Blu-ray presentation of a great classic. Everything about this release is dead on. Image -5 Audio - 5 Very Highly Recommended. RAH