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Do you know if certain films during that year were still in the 2.55 ratio like Hit the Deck, It's Always Fair Weather and Kismet?

I find this on Amazon about the MFL 4k: 'There is so much data on this disk, it tends to overwhelm the blu ray and 4k TV. There are a numerous posts about the sound dropping and picture freezing. There are also a number of solutions posted on the web. If you have an issue with your system and...

I was having trouble with my computer which is why I posted Josh Steinberg's comment twice. Yes screens were small in large movie palaces until Cinerama and CinemaScope. I was very surprised at how small the screen was for Singin in the Rain at Radio City despite it being such a dazzling print...

Now this is what I call a movie theater.

Well of course many times starting with Cabaret through your great restorations multiple times each. But may I be forgiven but it was not the Criterion, Rivoli(2001 there on its 150 D screen was a religious experience) or Warner Cinerama. It was a wanna be. A big disappointment. Such a small...

One thing I left out was seeing that afternoon the large billboard curving around the DeMille of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. It was 3D. The planes were bouncing up and down, propellers twirling and the guy running with his legs spinning.

I talk about being too young to attend roadshow films and in any case my parents refusing to pay such ridiculous prices when we could see the same film at a drive in! What I left out and I've written it before and maybe on this thread(!) but I don't have the patience to go through the thread was...

When I went to see MFL after the second restoration I was the only one in the theater at the local multi plex. They were supposed to have Oklahoma but I think they cancelled that. When Mr Harris did the first restoration of MFL and it was reviewed in the Times the 3 times I went it was packed...

Anybody know the dimensions of the screen in Bedford? This is in NY correct? I've only seen Ben Hur once at the Loew's Jersey. Never wanted to see it on TV. I see Rio Bravo is being shown at the end of Feb. Wonder if it is worth the hassle driving from North Jersey. What with rush hour traffic...

In both MFL and SOM the color palettes are extremely subdued. That makes them no less beautiful to watch. In comparison the '61 WSS which takes place in a grey Manhattan of tenements is practically a riot of color.

Did they get rid of Gene Allen's shadow in the final scene? I haven't seen it in a while but the last time I don't think I noticed it or I just wasn't paying attention. Or I got used to it.

As I said you do forget the wigs and makeup and the film becomes even more spectacular. When I first saw HD TV in a store all I saw were pores. A friend said you get used to it. I have.

I can't explain it really. No it's not more colorful and when I first watched it I was shocked to see all the wigs and make up more clearly. Disconcerting and something you would not have seen in a movie theater with distance. I recommend you reading Robert Harris's review of the 4k. He probably...

If you have the 50th anniversary Blu-ray it does. I have both. At first with the 4K I thought you saw too much but now it's the one I watch.

Hope you have the 4K.

The opening title sequence of MFL is one of my all time favorites so the fact that the original elements no longer exist mean I'll never see it again as originally shown and as I saw it in my initial viewings. God knows what else is lost. Peter Menefee in his interview talks about going to meet...

Depressing.

I don't know how I did it because I'm not good at these kind of things but somehow I managed change the HDMI from bitstream to PCM. I don't even know what these things are. But it worked! Now I can listen to it blissfully without problems and I think the sound is even better. Thank you very much...

I don't believe he got one for PYW though I think the costumes are great. Anne of Thousand Days won. Sharaff's costumes for HD were also stiff competition. He got two for Camelot.

He's the tall one correct?

He has a vocal part in BBB as Harvey Johnson. He does say IMDB is woefully lacking and he's trying to get them to update it without success. By the way does anyone know the names of the actors of Doolittle's two cronies? The tall and the short one? It's hard to tell from IMDB.

I wanted to highly recommend a youtube video of an interview with Pete Menefee(which was recommended on a theater site) called Pete Menefee-A Dancer's Life done by Rusty Frank. As a young dancer he appeared in the films of BBB, Mary Poppins and MFL as well as a number of Elvis films. His...

So depressing to read.

That cd was poorly produced. Maybe because the original music cues were no longer available so they had to go directly to the soundtrack. So the music never made it from Warner to CBS? Warner just dumped it?

If Andrews got director approval she would have gotten co-star approval as well for Camelot no? And being that Burton wasn't going to do it she decided there was no point? Maybe Peter O'Toole? Burton would have gotten a fortune with Camelot with his salary and points. Much more than Taming of...

The Sound of Music knocked everyone for a loop. I always wondered about the contracts of Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Did they get a flat fee or did it include any percentage? I assume Andrews got royalties of the soundtrack which alone would have made her very very rich.

There was a time when Grease beat SOM. I remember years ago somebody asking Julie Andrews how she felt about Grease being more successful financially than the sound of music and she said well things change. I am glad that that is no longer the case. Though I am surprised that movies like Titanic...

Isn't Grease the most financially successful film musical even adjusting for inflation? And is The Wizard of Oz even as beloved as TSOM and Grease as it once was when its annual showing were national events?

Thank you. I'll try to do this. Maybe if I can't figure out how to do it myself I can call LG.