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Warner Archive is releasing The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, a magnificently produced 1939 classic on Blu-ray, and the results, along with The Yearling (also being released) produced seven years later, will knock your socks off.
I'm referencing absolute perfection.
The the very special opening Warner logo to the production footage, this is an almost unworldly release.
Seeing the early three-strip process in this way is something devoutly to be wished. Only a dozen features were produced in three-strip in 1939, and only two from Warner Bros. Interestingly the other also stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, who as some may recall appeared together in three-strip a year earlier.
That must be some kind of record.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is a costume drama in overdrive, that may appear stagey, but makes sense, as it's based upon a stage play that's been opened up.
Just go with this one - as well as The Yearling, for which one is best to have some brand of absorbent paper product ready to wipe one's eyes.
Image – 5
Audio – 5
Pass / Fail – Pass
Upgrade from DVD – Better believe it!
Very Highly Recommended
RAH
I'm referencing absolute perfection.
The the very special opening Warner logo to the production footage, this is an almost unworldly release.
Seeing the early three-strip process in this way is something devoutly to be wished. Only a dozen features were produced in three-strip in 1939, and only two from Warner Bros. Interestingly the other also stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, who as some may recall appeared together in three-strip a year earlier.
That must be some kind of record.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is a costume drama in overdrive, that may appear stagey, but makes sense, as it's based upon a stage play that's been opened up.
Just go with this one - as well as The Yearling, for which one is best to have some brand of absorbent paper product ready to wipe one's eyes.
Image – 5
Audio – 5
Pass / Fail – Pass
Upgrade from DVD – Better believe it!
Very Highly Recommended
RAH