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Like the 1932 A Farewell to Arms, also from Kino, William Wellman's Nothing Sacred is from an original print, and that print is in beautiful condition.
To my eye, the print actually comes off very well in transfer, as the original early three-strip Technicolor tones are reasonably accurately portrayed. Anyone who believes that early three-strip looked like modern Blu-rays of Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz will be quite surprised.
The film is great comedy of the era, holds up beautifully today, and comes across beautifully on this Blu-ray.
AFAIK, the original negatives survive, and should be owned by Disney, but as the film has fallen into the public domain, I doubt that we'll see any activity from that source. A pity, as those original negatives could serve as a gorgeous Technicolor master for an MPI style, ultra-rez image harvest.
A quality comedy from a classic era on a high end Blu-ray.
Recommended.
RAH
To my eye, the print actually comes off very well in transfer, as the original early three-strip Technicolor tones are reasonably accurately portrayed. Anyone who believes that early three-strip looked like modern Blu-rays of Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz will be quite surprised.
The film is great comedy of the era, holds up beautifully today, and comes across beautifully on this Blu-ray.
AFAIK, the original negatives survive, and should be owned by Disney, but as the film has fallen into the public domain, I doubt that we'll see any activity from that source. A pity, as those original negatives could serve as a gorgeous Technicolor master for an MPI style, ultra-rez image harvest.
A quality comedy from a classic era on a high end Blu-ray.
Recommended.
RAH