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Best version of The Red House? (1947, Edward G. Robinson)

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3/25/09 at 7:56pm
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Can anyone recommend the best version--video and audio-wise--of The Red House? Or are they all pretty much crap? If so, are there VHS versions that are any better?

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3/25/09 at 8:07pm
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Re: Best version of The Red House? (1947, Edward G. Robinson)

Well, since it's fallen into public domain hell, it's in pretty battered shape. Save a major restoration, I'd say go with the acmedvdworks disc which is (was?) distributed by VCI Entertainment. It's far from pristine but, alas, the best of the worst.
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3/26/09 at 3:02am
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Re: Best version of The Red House? (1947, Edward G. Robinson)

I have the VCI ACME double feature also - and it the best I've seen. Oddly enough my little brother picked up the Alpha version (thinking it was a horror film I guess) - and I compared the quality to the VCI.... I'd stay far away from the Alpha.
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3/26/09 at 11:53am
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Re: Best version of The Red House? (1947, Edward G. Robinson)

The Acme DVD release is not great but it is watchable (Catalog# 5011, UPC# 089859501128). I had a VHS version which was unwatchable and had a faulty Hi-Fi soundtrack. How did a great little movie like The Red House end up in the Public Domain? I always liked "Tibby", the 1947 bad girl, pretty racy for her day.

Looks like we will never see a proper restoration of this film because who knows where the original elements are today, if they even exist anymore. Probably in someone's basement waiting to be rediscovered.
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