UPDATE for those who’ve asked regarding the print quality for the festival, I’ve inspected and run the following:
Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd looks excellent, sharp as a tack with very good color (compared to the ever-so-slightly soft look of the SuperCineColor original). The print itself appears flawless and new.
Doctor X is a slightly older print – mid-90s – but also looks great. The odd two-color Technicolor look is maintained in this printing and it makes the movie even creepier than I remembered.
The Big Parade is brand spanking new, right out of the lab and never run, it appears. It’s the full-length version complete with color tints.
A Star is Born, again a beautiful-looking UCLA preservation of the Technicolor original. The print itself appears flawless.
I saw the 3-D Follies prints 18 months ago and they are uniformly excellent. The only other print I’m waiting for is the Hell’s Angels, but Universal assured me it would be their best copy.
Pete Apruzzese
Director of Film Programming
Big Screen Classics at the Lafayette Theatre
UPDATE for those who’ve asked regarding the print quality for the festival, I’ve inspected and run the following:
Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd looks excellent, sharp as a tack with very good color (compared to the ever-so-slightly soft look of the SuperCineColor original). The print itself appears flawless and new.
Doctor X is a slightly older print – mid-90s – but also looks great. The odd two-color Technicolor look is maintained in this printing and it makes the movie even creepier than I remembered.
The Big Parade is brand spanking new, right out of the lab and never run, it appears. It’s the full-length version complete with color tints.
A Star is Born, again a beautiful-looking UCLA preservation of the Technicolor original. The print itself appears flawless.
I saw the 3-D Follies prints 18 months ago and they are uniformly excellent. The only other print I’m waiting for is the Hell’s Angels, but Universal assured me it would be their best copy.
Pete Apruzzese
Director of Film Programming
Big Screen Classics at the Lafayette Theatre