Does the dialog stay in the center channel or is it directional (follows the actor on the screen)?Rob_Ray said:I received my copy but have only spot-checked it. It's a very nice anamorphic transfer with stereophonic sound. The color is on a par with other Ansco-colored titles from this time and looks quite nice if not as vibrant as Technicolor. Being an archive title, there's no extensive digital cleanup that I could see, just a fresh remastering from the best available existing material. I don't know the exact details on the sound, but it sounds full and rich. The only extra is a typically unrestored trailer which plays up the singing voice of Mario Lanza. Not sure what else I can add. For the price I paid, I wish they could have added an isolated score, but for a bare-bones release, it's as good as you could expect from the Warner Archive. Of course, if they had paired it with the Norma Shearer/Ramon Novarro version, I would have paid even more. But I still have my laserdisc double-feature and it's nice to have an anamorphic upgrade on the CinemaScope version.
Sounds pretty good, but when it comes to the musicals I really wish they'd turn their attentions towards bluray from this point on--or at least offer these films in both formats on the same release days. I've always enjoyed TSP; before his death last year, I was acquainted with actor Charles Davis who played Hubert in the film. He appeared in dozens of films, but he seemed especially fond of this particular movie.M90GM said:I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS FILM - HAD EXPECTED A FULL RELEASE YEARS AGO AS PART OF A BOXED MGM MUSICALS PACKAGE. THIS RELEASE IS FAIRLY GOOD, WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL 2.55 RATIO, STEREO (THOUGH NOT 5.1) ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE SONGS SEEM TO BE MONO. A WARNER ARCHIVE RELEASE ORIGINALLY RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY TO MOVIES UNLIMITED, BUT FINALLY AVAILABLE THROUGH WARNER ARCHIVE. IT IS A SPECIAL FILM. ONE OF THE BEST CINEMASCOPE MUSICALS.