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The BBC technology programme Click had a report about film restoration last week, which featured Ned Price talking about the remastering of How The West Was Won, along with some before and after shots. Here's a link to it: BBC The film restoration segment is about ten minutes in.

Thanks for the clarification, Jack. I suppose we'll have to wait and see exactly what's been unearthed here. But, even if it's 'just' the 1930 picture element, it would still be an amazing discovery.

Ah, I missed the part about it being a composite print. That sounds a bit strange to me, if it's supposed to be from 1930. As I've always understood it, Dracula was originally only released with a Vitaphone soundtrack, and the optical soundtrack version was created later on, for the re-release...

Presumably, it's the original Vitaphone version, if it's from 1930. So, it should have the correct framing. It should have the original version of the title cards, too. :emoji_thumbsup:

Universal UK were going to release a Bob Hope set, with 'The Cat and the Canary' on it, earlier this year. But it was cancelled, for some reason.

My order from Play's processing, as well. :emoji_thumbsup:

Here are those screen grabs, then.

It looks like this edition's cropped on all four sides. Compare the above caps to these ones from the R2:

I imported the horror set from Creepy Classics. A bit expensive, at about £23, but what can you do?

The image comparisons, and bitrate information, on this site are a good indicator, Marco. http://www.shillpages.com/uscmc/index.htm

Here in the UK, it's showing on Sky Movies, in 1.85:1 anamorphic, at the moment. I'll try to post a few screen grabs the next time it's shown.

I think there's still a possibility that Warners will release the new edition of 'Dracula' later this year.

Yeah, I wouldn't condemn anyone for buying it. I'd pick it up myself, if I didn't already have off-air DVDRs of both films. As it stands, I'd rather put my money towards something like 'From Beyond the Grave' (assuming Warners haven't mucked that one up, as well). It's still annoying...

A list of the cuts here: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0071519/alternateversions

Essentially, any shot featuring graphic violence (such as a certain actor being hit on the head by a claw hammer), is lopped out, and replaced by a freeze frame. It's a total hatchet job.

Well, that's saved me a few quid, then. :thumbsdown:

Far enough away from the tanker. But there was fuel spilling out of that thing miles before it stopped. It only takes one stray spark... Mind you, Bond did smash through a couple of police cars, and they blew up, but the tanker didn't. So, we can only assume it must have been carrying some...

The problem I have with that scene, is Bond allowing the bomb to go off at the end of it. Not a very clever thing to do, with gasoline spewing out all over the place.

Hammer are back, from Beyond The Rave.

Yes, it does.

The close-up shot of the rope on Bond's shoulder (replaced by a wide shot) is the only thing cut from the UK version.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell is a terrific little film. Easily the best of the Hammer Frankenstein series, in my opinion. Terence Fisher's direction, and Brian Probyn's lighting, are superb, and Peter Cushing's performance is absolutely fantastic. Frankenstein Created Woman's...

And he can't wait to see you again, Stew...

They're just a box set re-release of these transfers: http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/a...creaming73.htm http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/a-d/asylum72.htm http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/a...tmustdie74.htm

That's enough proof for me. :emoji_thumbsup: Hopefully, when these are finished, Spielly and Coppola will gang up on George Lucas, and make him let RAH loose on the original Star Wars films.

They must have made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

If it's the MPI/Dark Sky Films set, they're all anamorphic. :)

Thanks for the link, John. :) Those screenshots look terrific. It'll be great to hear the original Erdmann score, as well. :emoji_thumbsup: Any idea when this one's going to be released?

If you can play PAL discs, you should get hold of the BFI-released Kevin Brownlow version, scored by James Bernard.

The title sequence has always been like that, for whatever reason. The end titles are stretched, too.