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Faring quite a bit better than Beautiful Blonde as far as quality is concerned, here's a western from Fritz Lang. His fifth production in the States.
Robert Young and Randolph Scott are the leads in this large-scale production concerning the beginnings of telegraph lines in the American west.
As photographed by Edward Cronjager (Heaven Can Wait), and Allen M. Davey (Cover Girl), at least there's enough of the Technicolor look surviving on this one to give an idea of what their worked looked like. Nothing accurate or proper. Just a hint.
Except for some plugged up shadow detail, the imagery is acceptable.
I don't know what people think about Technicolor productions, or if they do, but we have slim pickins' today.
As an example, there were sixteen Technicolor films released in 1941, and half a dozen of those might be of interest today. Of those, and this is without checking, I'd bet that we have the ability to currently see one title, close to the way that it was intended to look.
As perspective, we might find a couple from 1940, seven from 1939, probably about four from 1938 and two from 1937.
Jump forward to 1942, and we probably have three surviving of interest, and for 1943, half a dozen, possibly seven for 1944, and another six for 1945.
What this means, is that when you see a quality release from any distributor, based upon original Technicolor elements, grab it.
It's a rara avis.
Image - 4
Audio - 4
4k Up-rez - 4.25
Pass / Fail - Pass
RAH
Robert Young and Randolph Scott are the leads in this large-scale production concerning the beginnings of telegraph lines in the American west.
As photographed by Edward Cronjager (Heaven Can Wait), and Allen M. Davey (Cover Girl), at least there's enough of the Technicolor look surviving on this one to give an idea of what their worked looked like. Nothing accurate or proper. Just a hint.
Except for some plugged up shadow detail, the imagery is acceptable.
I don't know what people think about Technicolor productions, or if they do, but we have slim pickins' today.
As an example, there were sixteen Technicolor films released in 1941, and half a dozen of those might be of interest today. Of those, and this is without checking, I'd bet that we have the ability to currently see one title, close to the way that it was intended to look.
As perspective, we might find a couple from 1940, seven from 1939, probably about four from 1938 and two from 1937.
Jump forward to 1942, and we probably have three surviving of interest, and for 1943, half a dozen, possibly seven for 1944, and another six for 1945.
What this means, is that when you see a quality release from any distributor, based upon original Technicolor elements, grab it.
It's a rara avis.
Image - 4
Audio - 4
4k Up-rez - 4.25
Pass / Fail - Pass
RAH
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