Gary16
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What about the "20th Century Pictures" releases prior to the merger with FOX? I noticed TCM running "Folies Bergere de Paris" (1935) the other night complete with the original non-FOX searchlight open and it was in decent shape. Are all of those titles with the Fox library?Robert Harris said:Their black and white library is generally in better shape than color for the nitrate era, but some earlier films do have various problems. Keep in mind that there have been various floods, fires, nitrate decamp, etc. even before the mass execution of elements. As to color, there are ways around some of the baked in problems, but those digital means are quite expensive, and probably not within MOD budgets. That said, Fox has a superb archival team, and when work does need to be performed, they're totally capable of doing so. All that seems out of sync is the selection of masters for MOD releases, as they don't seem to be chosen for either quality or content, but merely for title. As I suggested earlier in this thread. I'd consider it growing pains, and am certain that the program will get up to speed as far as quality quickly. RAH