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The Curse of Frankenstein, release in May of 1957 in the UK, and shortly thereafter in The Colonies, was a WB / Hammer film, and hence filmed in the ubiquitous WarnerColor process, which can be quite good at time, with the exception of dupes, or extremely problematic.
Fortunately, Curse falls into “better.”
The new master for Warner Archive’s Blu-ray is based upon new scans of the separation masters, and the resultant data files seem to accurately reflect the appearance of the original, with just a touch of softness from the generation loss.
It’s the best that I’ve seen the film look since its original release.
As everyone knows there are decisions to be made in releasing a Blu-ray, and occasionally aspects ratios raise their ugly heads. Which to use? Where was it screened under what conditions? Are we losing anything important in the crop from 1.37?
Warner Archive has taken the coward’s way out. Not wishing to rile the populace into taking torches to the streets, the film is...
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