Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection (1931-1954)

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Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection Blu-ray

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Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection Blu-ray

Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection Blu-ray Review

Dracula / Drácula / Frankenstein / Bride of Frankenstein / The Wolf Man / The Mummy
The Invisible Man / Phantom of the Opera / Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D


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This is BAD freakin' ASS!!! YES!!!!



Also don't forget,
on Sept 4

Classic Hollywood: Luster restored
Universal Studios digitally restores 13 classic movies, including 'The Sting,' 'Jaws,' 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein,' as part of its 100th birthday celebration.


"The studio is really putting an emphasis on the fact that we have a legacy," said Peter Schade, Universal's vice president of content management and technical services, whose team is responsible for the maintenance of the studio's physical and digital assets and is doing the digital restoration. Founded by Carl Laemmle 100 years ago, Universal Studios is the second-oldest movie studio in the world and the oldest continuously operating film producer and distributor in the U.S.

The original negatives for Universal films are stored at either the Library of Congress or UCLA Film & Television Archive's vaults in Valencia. "Every attempt was made to digitally restore these films from the original negatives. But for any given title there may be elements that are incomplete and aged to the point they may not be the best to use," Schade said.
That's the case with Tod Browning's 1931 film "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi. Schade and his crew are not using the original nitrate negative but a first-generation print that was made off it. "We don't have a complete original negative," Schade said.

Other titles include 1930's "All Quiet on the Western Front,"the Spanish-language version of "Dracula," 1931's "Frankenstein," 1935's"Bride of Frankenstein," 1941's "Buck Privates," 1959's "Pillow Talk," 1962's"To Kill a Mockingbird," 1963's "The Birds," 1985's "Out of Africa" and 1993's "Schindler's List."
"The 13 films were chosen by a team of a film historians, executives and archivists," Schade said. "They tried to pick titles that span every decade."

All the restored films are being released on Blu-ray and DVD, and several of them will also be screening at UCLA Film & Television Archive's celebration of Universal that begins Friday at the Billy Wilder Theater with 1995's "Apollo 13" and ends with "Jaws" on June 24.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr...ywood-20120430