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Now this is interesting.... I just read this article written by Anthony L'Abbate, who works at Eastman House and is familiar with the source material for the Kino blu-ray. I had been thinking the print was from 1937, but in fact L'Abbate says: "I work in film preservation at the George...

Ah, I understand---the Technicolor printing process is quite different than printing from a colour negative... But in both cases, the original cameral negative is the "first generation" element. Got it!

I'm really looking forward to seeing how this disc looks! I haven't been overly impressed with the image on the Kino release, even if it does accurately portrays how audiences in 1937 would have seen the picture. In the meantime, here's a really stupid question. Traditionally, the printing...

It's also interesting that while Gaynor, Garland, and Streisand each played characters who were just beginning their careers in "A Star is Born," their respective versions of the film came toward the end of the time they were major box-office draws. Each made additional films afterwards, but I...