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Never heard of H. Bruce Humberstone?
The name doesn't ring a bell?
He works his way through the system, beginning in 1924, directing shorts at Universal, after which he was an assistant director into the early 1930s.
Directing a segment of If I had a Million, in 1932, along with four Charlie Chan films, he directed Sun Valley Serenade in 1941, followed immediately by I Wake Up Screaming.
His career included Hello, Frisco, Hello, Pin-Up Girl, Wonder Man, Three Little Girls in Blue...
Yes, that Bruce Humberstone.
Kino Lorber's new Blu-ray courtesy of Fox, is one of those films that might have one question whether every film should be on Blu-ray.
In my opinion, this one should not. Nor should many others. DVD is just fine.
It's appears to have been derived from some sort of dupe -- possibly from a print -- with processing stains, jitter, poorly duplicated, unstable frames, plus all the ills that dupes might bring to the table.
As a film, what it has going for it today is the billing.
Mature, Landis, Grable.
They didn't cut it in 1941, and time hasn't helped.
Although I applaud Kino Lorber for their efforts, there's nothing wrong with releasing some of these as DVDs, and hiding some of the ills.
Image - 3
Audio - 4
4k Up-rez - 2.75
Pass / Fail - Pass
RAH
The name doesn't ring a bell?
He works his way through the system, beginning in 1924, directing shorts at Universal, after which he was an assistant director into the early 1930s.
Directing a segment of If I had a Million, in 1932, along with four Charlie Chan films, he directed Sun Valley Serenade in 1941, followed immediately by I Wake Up Screaming.
His career included Hello, Frisco, Hello, Pin-Up Girl, Wonder Man, Three Little Girls in Blue...
Yes, that Bruce Humberstone.
Kino Lorber's new Blu-ray courtesy of Fox, is one of those films that might have one question whether every film should be on Blu-ray.
In my opinion, this one should not. Nor should many others. DVD is just fine.
It's appears to have been derived from some sort of dupe -- possibly from a print -- with processing stains, jitter, poorly duplicated, unstable frames, plus all the ills that dupes might bring to the table.
As a film, what it has going for it today is the billing.
Mature, Landis, Grable.
They didn't cut it in 1941, and time hasn't helped.
Although I applaud Kino Lorber for their efforts, there's nothing wrong with releasing some of these as DVDs, and hiding some of the ills.
Image - 3
Audio - 4
4k Up-rez - 2.75
Pass / Fail - Pass
RAH