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  1. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    The shot that remains in the film where Ygorstein's vision is restored. Whoa, pure evil!
  2. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    In defense of Lugosi's performance in FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN: he's playing Ygorstein and as originally scripted and filmed, the Monster had dialogue and was blind. Here's one of the cut scenes where they discuss Dr. Frankenstein's missing diary.
  3. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    THE MUMMY'S HAND originally had an extra bonus theatrically that has not been seen in 77 years; the excavation scenes were on green film stock! We alerted Universal to this find but the master was already finished. Sigh.
  4. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    It really came about as a commentary track out of necessity. None of the previous tracks on 3-D titles have addressed the stereoscopic aspect - and a few have downright dismissed it. I'm very glad that you enjoyed it!
  5. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    "And finally, Those Redheads From Seattle. IMHO, it has one of the best and most informative commentary tracks I've ever heard. Very interesting information from Bob Furmanek and the 3-D Film Archive. They did an amazing job rescuing this title." Wow, thank you Joel. I'm so glad you found the...
  6. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    Variety had stopped listing AR data in the mid-50's when 1.85 became more or less the non-anamorphic standard. That clipping is from Boxoffice.
  7. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    I enjoyed your review of BLACKBEARD'S GHOST and need to check that out some time. While most Disney pressbooks list the intended aspect ratio, that one does not. It's listed in Boxoffice for 1.85:1. If the framing looks right at 1.66:1, I'd bet it's been zoomed-in a bit and manipulated when...
  8. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    Ah, growing up in the 1950's...
  9. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    Just added to the webpage: THE TRUCOLOR PROCESS (Fleet, Roe (1948): The Trucolor Process. In: American Cinematographer, March, 1948, pp. 79 and 101.) When the practicability of a 35mm color process is advanced, there are numerous vitally important factors to be taken into consideration. Of...
  10. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    Roy Rogers was a HUGE star at the boxoffice. And one of the nicest people in the business. He and Dale Evans faced several tragedies in their lives with children and this article is worth reading: http://stargazermercantile.com/enduring-love-roy-rogers-and-dale-evans/
  11. Bob Furmanek

    Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection

    Started this page but never finished it. I thought you might find it of interest: http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/roy-rogers-in-trucolor
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