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  1. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Press Release: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (Blu-ray)

    Sony restored Revenge Of Frankenstein last year, but so far that transfer has only been released as part of a four Hammer film box set from Indicator (UK): Hammer Volume Four: Faces Of Fear, featuring, The Revenge Of Frankenstein, The Two Faces Of Dr Jekyll, Taste Of Fear & The Damned. All discs...
  2. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Press Release: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (Blu-ray)

    I often hear this “hard matted in the camera” thing. In all my years of working with Arriflex, Mitchell, Panavision, and MovieCam 35mm cameras, I never saw a “hard matte in the camera.” If anyone has used a 35mm motion picture camera with a 1.66-to-1 hard matte in the camera, I would like to...
  3. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Press Release: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (Blu-ray)

    Ha, yes! I already have the Indicator Sony restoration of Revenge & I haven't looked at it yet, so now I'm going to wait for Curse & see them in order as a double-bill.
  4. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Press Release: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (Blu-ray)

    Well that makes a lot more sense than the 22nd. Oo, is there an outside chance of it arriving in the UK in time for Christmas? ...but every chance of a Curse Of Frankenstein/Revenge Of Frankenstein double-bill on New Years Eve (I know how to party!).
  5. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Press Release: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (Blu-ray)

    The fifties was certainly the decade for all sorts of screen shapes. I would have thought that 1:66 & 1:85 was all we needed, but after all the work was done, Warner saw the whole frame, including the parts of the picture that were blanked off for 1:66 & 1:85 & must have decided that the whole...
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