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The netflix stream doesn't seem to be the same source as the DVD. In the second shot on DVD beaver, the lamp on the lower right hand side of the frame is cut off in the middle. The full lamp is visible in the netflix stream. Of course this presents an interesting problem for those measuring...

Yeah I've also seen information saying that there was more than one aspect ratio, 1.66:1 for 3D and 1.85:1 for flat. Frankly I'm not convinced. Again to me 1.85:1 looks VERY tight. The screen shots on DVD Beaver of the 1:85 version clearly show that the extraction area is shifted up from center...

Just for giggles I zoomed in on Netflix feed it to 16:9. Its VERY tight with lots of cut off heads. I can see it being cropped at 1.66:1, but 1.85:1 would be way too tight if you didn't lower the top line. I don't know if thats something they would have done in projection in those days. Doug

Because both projectors were being used at the same time, one for each eye, so no switch over was possible. About the longest they could get on a standard reel (no platters in those days) was around 50 to 55 min. That was about the limit of a carbon arc as well. Hence the intermission for a...

I noticed that too in the first wide shot of Grace Kelly. My guess is it has something to do with the film elements. There are one or two shots that are wonky like that in It Came From Outer Space also. I wonder if it had something to do with the 3D process? Yes exactly. Like sitting in a...

By the way I must say that Dial M looks FANTASTIC on netflix. A beautiful transfer and seems to have gone through some clean up with out eliminating the grain. I do hope that a blu-ray is in the works. Doug

Robert Harris may know more about this than I, but from what I've been able to tell, Rear Window was Hitchcock's first widescreen film. His next film was To Catch a Thief in VistaVision as were his next 5 films (with the exception of The Wrong Man) . Dial M for Murder actually began shooting...

Dial M for Murder just showed up on Netflix streaming in HD. Doug

Yep and she was one of the few bomb shells from that era who didn't have a "colorful" personal life. Married to one man for something like 40 years. Here ya go.

Yes it was Virginia Mayo, one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the silver screen. Doug

Please please please, a high quality transfer and clean up of The Big Sleep, along the lines of what was done for The Maltese Falcon. I'd like to see both the 45 and 46 versions of the film on the set too. Doug