Try Niagara. It has gorgeous colors and, of course, Marilyn Monroe.
Criterion issued a Blu-ray of The Four Feathers three years ago. You can read my review here.Billy Batson said:A few I'd love to get really good HD versions ofodge City '39The Four Feathers '39Northwest Passage '40Unconquered '47Sarabande For Dead Lovers '48The Flame & The Arrow '50Bend Of The River '52The Greatest Show On Earth '52Scaramouche '52The Robe (4x3 version) '53Hopefully I'll get a couple of these.
"Desert Fury" came out on DVD a few years ago in Australia. Good disc.Vic Pardo said:I could probably come up with a list of feature film titles I'm interested in, although I'm quite sure most of those haven't even come out on DVD (e.g. WHITE SAVAGE, 1943; FRENCHMAN'S CREEK, 1944; I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU, 1946; DESERT FURY, 1947, etc.). So just off the top of my head, here are some titles from that period that I would like to see on Blu-ray:
Eastman Color Negative 5250Cinescott said:If I'm not mistaken (and I might be), How the West Was Won is in Technicolor and looks fantastic.
Hahaha. Three-strip Technicolor times Three-panel Cinerama. Imagine a camera with nine strips of film in it. Oh wait, that was Circle-Vision 360, except it was nine separate cameras all tied together.Cinescott said:If I'm not mistaken (and I might be), How the West Was Won is in Technicolor and looks fantastic.
Zulu is a poor example, both versions are nowhere near what they could be, the UK edition has boosted contrast and colours while the Twilight Time suffers from edge enhancement and some fading. I also don't think Zulu used three strip Technicolor.Doug Bull said:Other good examples of Technicolor on Blu-ray include,
"The Mikado" (Gorgeous soft pastel colors - Criterion)
"Zulu"
"Quo Vadis"
"Pandora and the Flying Dutchman"
and one of the very best examples of later Technicolor and a superb quality Blu-ray "Circus World"
Doug.
Sorry, I missed the '3 strip' reference in the thread title.EddieLarkin said:Remember, after 1952 three strip Technicolor almost completely died off, and by 1956 was gone forever. Films like Zulu and Circus World were merely processed by Technicolor, not shot in.
I can't imagine it WASN'T shot three-strip.AnthonyClarke said:It's sad that 'By the Light of the Silvery Moon' (1953) seems just a few months too late to have benefited from true Technicolor. Its immediate predecessor 'On Moonlight Bay' is in Robert Harris's list -- I must check my DVD to see if the colour is noticeably inferior -- though of course much would depend on the quality of the transfer. Would Robert be able to tell me what process was used for that later film?
There's certainly A LOT of headroom there!Doug Bull said:Aspect ratio Bob?
Doug.
Is that biography any good?Will Krupp said:I ran to check my copy of David Kaufman's biography of Doris Day . . . . . .