Sure to cause some controversy, here is the answer: The African Queen is presented with its original English mono audio track encoded at 224kbps Dolby Digital. It was encoded at a higher bit rate (224 vs. 192) than most other classic titles and has plenty of space for peaks encoded at 224kbps to...
OK, I got some answers from Ron Smith VP of restoration at Paramount. Still working on the others:
Yes, the Ultra-Res Recombining was used to register the film. It combines two or more film records (most often YCMs). And yes, certain scenes in Chinatown are YCM re-combines.
So basically, the...
I have a few people from Paramount involved in the release of the African Queen who are willing to answer some questions about the release (including restoration). If you have a question list it here and I will try to get it to the right person for an answer.