The Roaring Twenties Gets Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD

The last film to star both James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, The Roaring Twenties is making its arrival on 4K Ultra HD. In arriving onto 4K UHD, the film has been digitally restored in its original 1.37:1 aspect ratio with an uncompressed monaural soundtrack. A new digital master was created from the 35 mm nitrate original camera negative, in addition to a safety fine-grain for some sections.  The film is presented in Dolby Vision HDR…

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Dodge City: Errol Flynn Goes West

Dodge City was one of the highest grossing films of 1939 and the fifth of eight feature films to team up Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. There is the Western genre before Stagecoach and then there is everything that came afterwards. Prior to Stagecoach, the genre was seen as a B movie. In addition to Stagecoach and Dodge City, other big Westerns of 1939 included Union Pacific and Jesse James. When studios realized what…

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The Front Page (1931) Is Not As Great As His Girl Friday

Based on the hit Broadway play of the same name, The Front Page was the first of several adaptations to hit the big screen. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur penned the 1928 play. Unfortunately, the 1931 film could use something of a restoration for its picture. I understand the film is over 90 years old and also preserved by the Academy Film Archive. However, the picture is too grainy when watching on streaming. I watched…

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