I finally bought the Blu-Ray today, and I have to say what bothers me even more than the missing dialogue is Pinocchio's shirt turning white during "I Got No Strings." It absolutely is an accident, because when it first turns white, there is a bit of "crawling yellow" in the middle of his...
The fuss is that it should have been very obvious to anyone familiar with the film that this was missing. It's been there for 59 years. I wonder if people would be upset if the word "frankly" was omitted from Rhett Butler's, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." It is only one word, after all.
But it just makes no sense that it's not on the mono track. Maybe they were using this mono track for reference in their surround sound remix, and since it wasn't there, they cut it out. (Wouldn't it be funny if this mono track was actually a "new" mono mix, and they were hoodwinking us all?)
Okay, Jiminy's "right" was on the original-original 78rpm soundtrack issued by RCA in 1940, so I would presume it's supposed to be there. Quote from the CD's booklet: "Originally issued on six 78 RPM sides, this digital release was assembled from elements in the Victor vault and original...
I may have a way to find out. I own the old, out-of-print RCA soundtrack CD to Pinocchio. It was not released by Disney, but taken from the old RCA shellac masters, released at the time Pinocchio was released. It has complete music and sound effects. I'm eating dinner right now, and I'm not sure...