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    Blu-ray Review Ivanhoe (1952) Blu-ray Review

    Wow, great work battlebeast. That's an excellent video! Sometimes I put movies on and try to get some work done at the same time. It's a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. The work goes slowly, but at least I get something done. Anyway, I'm watching this one again now and again...
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    Blu-ray Review Ivanhoe (1952) Blu-ray Review

    As far as I'm remembering at the moment, Ivanhoe is maybe the only Technicolor movie on blu-ray from the year 1952 that looks great. There were actually dozens of movies made in three-strip Technicolor in 1952, but for various reasons none of the others looks more than good on blu-ray...
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    Blu-ray Review Ivanhoe (1952) Blu-ray Review

    Oh, one more thing. As mentioned, the colors and clarity for this restoration are spectacular. But at one point the clarity seems to reveal in close-up the glue that is holding on Robert Taylor's beard and mustache. Mostly, however, this blu-ray shows in a wonderful way the details of the...
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    Blu-ray Review Ivanhoe (1952) Blu-ray Review

    Matt H. writes in his excellent review: "Cinematographer Freddie Young has photographed both Joan Fontaine and (especially) Elizabeth Taylor to great advantage, and each lady plays her role with earnest devotion and conviction despite the overly familiar love quadrangle (De Bois-Guilbert loves...
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    Blu-ray Review Ivanhoe (1952) Blu-ray Review

    Thanks for this positive review. I've put my pre-order in....I really enjoy these Three-Strip Technicolor restorations.
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