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I hadn't remembered it was being shown at the Festival. Its surprising then that they are showing any version of the film on HBOMAX. To make a big splash at the Festival it would probably be better to make the film less available for a period before hand. Almost 50 years ago (I can't believe it...

HBOMAX is show this movie this month as part of its Oscar programming. I am not sure if what is being shown is the restoration or not. Though HBOMAX has shown restorations before WA version was released in the past.

Back to the Technicolor question muted verus saturated. If the colors are muted as they should be based on what the film looked like in 1937 will the public be disappointed in how the film looks and will they complain the colors are faded? On a similar topic are the colors in "Gone With The...

Yes, but in "What Price, Hollywood" he kills himself in her home and the gossip causes her to leave Hollywood for Paris with her son. This is kind of based on the death of director Thomas Ince in 1924 and the rumors that surrounded that. You could call "What Price, Hollywood" a first draft of...

Makes a bit more sense that the mentor of an actress would be a director rather than another actor. You would lose the public scorn and the loss of popularity due to alcoholism for the mentor if he were a director as most people wouldn't know what the director looked liked or even who they were...

"What Price, Hollywood" with Constance Bennett even in SD would have made a nice extra. Many think that is the true first version of "A Star Is Born". The male lead is a director, not an actor, and the leads are not a couple, but the bones of the story are the same. Perhaps it will be a future...

Finally we are going to get a version made from the Technicolor 3 strip negative. Question is will Warner go with saturated colors that we think of as Technicolor from 1940's films or will they be true to how the film originally looked in 1937, which was more muted . Odd that they uses a Black...