Moby Dick 1956 OAR? (1 Viewer)

[GerardoHP]

It must have been 1.66:1. By 1956, I don't think any of the major studios or directors were composing for 1.33 anymore with the very rare exception of some anomaly like ONE FROM THE HEART decades later.

 

[James 'Tiger' Lee]

Originally Posted by Mark Cappelletty

I saw a print of this at Arclight with Ray Bradbury in attendance last year and it is definitely 1.37:1. Unfortunately, the print was in HORRIBLE shape-- all faded and turning to red. I haven't seen the DVD yet, but it's got to look amazing compared to what I saw.

I think the original Warner prints could well be open matte - unless there was a big gap between the production and release, it most likely was Huston's first wide film. The trouble is the MGM DVD comes from the United Artists re-issues (how they ended up with it I don't know) and on my DVD anyway, the titles are 1.85:1 (slightly windowboxed) and the rest of the 4:3 picture looks rather cramped