While other actors were getting their mugs on the screen in glorious Technicolor, James Cagney had to wait his turn until 1942. He wouldn’t make another until What Price Glory a decade later. After that, everything was Eastman.
Warners made only one other Technicolor film in 1942, and none from M-G-M, so Warner Archive is slowly bringing them to market.
Captains of the Clouds, a 1942 3-strip production from Warner Bros. is just another boring Technicolor restoration from Warner Archive. Boring in that its perfection.
Glorious color, registration, nicely reduced grain structure, great black levels. All that one could ask for a film about Canadian bush pilots who join the war effort.
Image – 5
Audio – 5
Pass / Fail – Pass
Upgrade from DVD – Yes
Works up-rezzed to 4k – Beautifully
Recommended
RAH
Robert has been known in the film industry for his unmatched skill and passion in film preservation. Growing up around photography, his first home theater experience began at age ten with 16mm. Years later he was running 35 and 70mm at home.
His restoration projects have breathed new life into classic films like Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo, My Fair Lady, Spartacus, and The Godfather series. Beyond his restoration work, he has also shared his expertise through publications, contributing to the academic discourse on film restoration. The Academy Film Archive houses the Robert A. Harris Collection, a testament to his significant contributions to film preservation.
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