Golden Age 3-D Features

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

What are the chances of Arena (1953) making it onto 3-D blu-ray?

It's rights are controlled by Warner Bros., so zero chance until they regain an interest in restoring their 3D features again. Even then, it wouldn't be their top priority.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

It's rights are controlled by Warner Bros., so zero chance until they regain an interest in restoring their 3D features again. Even then, it wouldn't be their top priority.

I forgot it was part of that pre-1986 MGM deal.

[BleedOrange11]

Since Diamond Wizard and Treasure of the Four Crowns are confirmed upcoming releases, the remaining MGM-owned titles are Bwana Devil (potentially now licensed by Kino), Southwest Passage, Top Banana (left eye mostly lost except for a partial 3D trailer), and Emmanuelle IV.

Paramount remaining: Money from Home (not available to license until ~2025-27 because of Olive's flat Blu-ray), Flight to Tangier (difficulty funding restoration of 3-Stip Technicolor elements, 35mm 3D print not accessible), The Man Who Wasn't There

Universal remaining: The Glass Web (has 3D DCP, "Temptation" music rights issue), Hawaiian Nights (short film, music rights issue), Carnival in April (short film, music rights issue), Nat King Cole with Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (short film, music rights issue)

[T. Warren Scollan]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

Since Diamond Wizard and Treasure of the Four Crowns are confirmed upcoming releases, the remaining MGM-owned titles are Bwana Devil (potentially now licensed by Kino), Southwest Passage, Top Banana (left eye mostly lost except for a partial 3D trailer), and Emmanuelle IV.

Paramount remaining: Money from Home (not available to license until ~2025-27 because of Olive's flat Blu-ray), Flight to Tangier (difficulty funding restoration of 3-Stip Technicolor elements, 35mm 3D print not accessible), The Man Who Wasn't There

Universal remaining: The Glass Web (has 3D DCP, "Temptation" music rights issue), Hawaiian Nights (short film, music rights issue), Carnival in April (short film, music rights issue), Nat King Cole with Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (short film, music rights issue)

Agreed with all the above. But what about "Hondo" (Originally Warner Bros., but for now licensed with Paramount), and the 2 remaining associated with WW, "Cat Women of the Moon" and "Hannah Lee"?

Of course we know that Time/Warner, Columbia/Sony, & Disney are pretty much a no go!

[BleedOrange11]

I'm not sure that Paramount still holds the license for Hondo since their Blu-ray was released back in 2012. Batjac Productions owns the copyright for Hondo. Cat-Women of the Moon and Hannah Lee are public domain.

[cinerama]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

I'm not sure that Paramount still holds the license for Hondo since their Blu-ray was released back in 2012. Batjac Productions owns the copyright for Hondo.

Robert Furmanek posted about a year ago:

Paramount had a backlash after they released HUGO on 3-D Blu-ray. The high parallax value wreaked havoc on ill-equipped 3-D displays at the time and many consumers thought the discs were defective.

HONDO, like all Golden Age titles, is a very deep 3-D movie and Paramount felt the same backlash would occur so passed on it. It would have been the first vintage 3-D release on Blu-ray.

[Robert Furmanek]

This isn't a 3D film but we've worked REALLY hard on restoring this one and are very proud of the end result.

If you are an Abbott and Costello fan, don't hesitate to pre-order. This limited edition will sell out!

https://www.classicflix.com/blog/202...tion-this-july

[osmos512]

I just barely got into I, THE JURY at the TCM Film Festival two nights ago. At first, they only let in people with festival badges (the cheapest of which was $850). I was third in the standby line, and they only let three of us in for $20 each.

My seat was in the third row, more than 60 degrees off to the side. I would've preferred a centered thornbush to this seat, but standby-ers can't be choosers. It was at least charming to be in a sold out 3D theater with a receptive audience, rare as they are these days.

The 3D was impeccable, though very restrained, even moreso than Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder. There's some fantastic pop-out in the opening murder, then a gun barrel in a stereograph slide that a femme fatale shows to Detective Hammer. It's a very appropriate stereo window break for such a flirty scene, and it got a huge laugh out of the audience. But that's truly it for popouts. The rest of the movie has strong depth, as befitting the Golden Age, with fantastic framing and a lot of diagonal planes that stretch into the image.

The restoration looked fine. Image was very stable. There was one shot where the focus was soft in the left eye, but that's probably unfixable. I did notice frequent ghosting, but I'm pretty sure that was due to my torturous viewing angle.

The movie itself is a very competent noir with great lighting and a spitfire hero. The dialogue still has spark to it and most of its jokes land, even 70 years after release. I had too much trouble negotiating my viewing angle to follow most of the plot, but what snippets I caught were cogent.

If I, THE JURY doesn't make it to 3D Blu-ray, hopefully the distributor has enough sense to schedule more screenings. I heard this was the 2nd best attended screening at the TCM Festival.

[Camps]

Originally Posted by osmos512

I just barely got into I, THE JURY at the TCM Film Festival two nights ago. At first, they only let in people with festival badges (the cheapest of which

The restoration looked fine. Image was very stable. There was one shot where the focus was soft in the left eye, but that's probably unfixable. I did notice frequent ghosting, but I'm pretty sure that was due to my torturous viewing angle.

If I, THE JURY doesn't make it to 3D Blu-ray, hopefully the distributor has enough sense to schedule more screenings. I heard this was the 2nd best attended screening at the TCM Festival.

Well I desperately want to see this make it to blu ray but your caveat about ghosting (among other things) worries me that the UCLA folks may have used subpar talent for the 3D-specific work on the restoration. This from expert Mike Ballew on another board:

Some friends of mine were there (at TCM Fest). They're very knowledgeable about stereoscopy. In their words, the image was clean, not too grainy, and the left and right image panels matched well for density. But...

There were a lot of vertical alignment errors, with quite a number of shots exhibiting vertical rotational error. From the description, it would seem in these cases the stereo pairs were more and more "out of true" toward the left ("west") side of the screen. My one friend, in particular, made it clear he found the image watchable, but then again he trucks with 3-D practically every day, both professionally and as a hobby. His eyes are supple enough to handle even the poorest stereo. But he definitely feels that sensitive people might experience eyestrain from watching this present iteration of I the Jury.

This is really one of the better 3-D films of the era. It is elevated considerably by the involvement of chiaroscuro maestro John Alton as cinematographer, now acting (by virtue of stereo) not merely as a painter of light but as a sculptor of light. From what I heard about the screening, I think it's fair to say this film deserves a heck of a lot better treatment than it's received so far.

It occurs to me to add, I have seen the film twice in dual-strip 35-millimeter 3-D. It looked terrific both times, and I can't say I remember seeing the issues my friends caught during Friday night's screening.

Like I said, I DESPERATELY want this out on 3D blu ray... and I'm aware of which folks deserve thanks if/when it happens... but I wonder if a quality-check may be in order.... ?

[BleedOrange11]

If the 3DFA didn't perform the restoration, you can bet there is some stereo anomaly that could have been fixed but wasn't. We'll just have to hope that Kino Lorber is able to acquire the home distribution license.

[robtadrian]

[QUOTE=osmos512;20051662]I just barely got into I, THE JURY at the TCM Film Festival two nights ago.

Thanks for this and glad you got in. Did Eddie Muller say anything about the 3D?

I looked at UCLA Film and Television Archive's Twitter/Facebook and on both it says:

Screening at #TCMFF: “I, the Jury” (1953) in 3D (!), lensed by celebrated noir cinematographer John Alton. New restoration from the Archive! Also on loan: “Force of Evil” (1948) and “Return of the Secaucus Seven” (1980).

[osmos512]

[quote=robtadrian;20052408]

Originally Posted by osmos512

I just barely got into I, THE JURY at the TCM Film Festival two nights ago.

Thanks for this and glad you got in. Did Eddie Muller say anything about the 3D?

I only got into the auditorium in time to hear Muller finish his introduction with “Enjoy I, THE JURY in 3D!” Which was met with rapturous applause.

[Just_Discovered_3D]

How out of sync is the audio in Gun Fury?

I recall one scene where the audio sounded very dubbed 9ver.

[robtadrian]

Originally Posted by Just_Discovered_3D

How out of sync is the audio in Gun Fury?

I recall one scene where the audio sounded very dubbed 9ver.

My disc is still sealed (saw print in theater). I think the intermission card throws off the track

[cinerama]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

This isn't a 3D film but we've worked REALLY hard on restoring this one and are very proud of the end result.

If you are an Abbott and Costello fan, don't hesitate to pre-order. This limited edition will sell out!

https://www.classicflix.com/blog/202...tion-this-july

Africa Screams Blu-ray is sold out and now sells on eBay for $79.95 . So like Bob says, get Jack and the Beanstalk now!

[ClassicFlix]

Originally Posted by Camps

Well I desperately want to see this make it to blu ray but your caveat about ghosting (among other things) worries me that the UCLA folks may have used subpar talent for the 3D-specific work on the restoration. This from expert Mike Ballew on another board:

Some friends of mine were there (at TCM Fest). They're very knowledgeable about stereoscopy. In their words, the image was clean, not too grainy, and the left and right image panels matched well for density. But...

There were a lot of vertical alignment errors, with quite a number of shots exhibiting vertical rotational error. From the description, it would seem in these cases the stereo pairs were more and more "out of true" toward the left ("west") side of the screen. My one friend, in particular, made it clear he found the image watchable, but then again he trucks with 3-D practically every day, both professionally and as a hobby. His eyes are supple enough to handle even the poorest stereo. But he definitely feels that sensitive people might experience eyestrain from watching this present iteration of I the Jury.

This is really one of the better 3-D films of the era. It is elevated considerably by the involvement of chiaroscuro maestro John Alton as cinematographer, now acting (by virtue of stereo) not merely as a painter of light but as a sculptor of light. From what I heard about the screening, I think it's fair to say this film deserves a heck of a lot better treatment than it's received so far.

It occurs to me to add, I have seen the film twice in dual-strip 35-millimeter 3-D. It looked terrific both times, and I can't say I remember seeing the issues my friends caught during Friday night's screening.

Like I said, I DESPERATELY want this out on 3D blu ray... and I'm aware of which folks deserve thanks if/when it happens... but I wonder if a quality-check may be in order.... ?

I think now is a very good time to chime in to confirm that we have licensed I, THE JURY (1953) for home video and will be releasing it later this year. It will be our first 4K release and our first 3-D release.

In regards to the 3-D presentation, the stereoscopic alignment/restoration will be will be performed by the 3-D Film Archive and will be exclusive to our release.

Nothing more on the release at this time, but details to follow in the coming months.

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by ClassicFlix

I think now is a very good time to chime in to confirm that we have licensed I, THE JURY (1953) for home video and will be releasing it later this year. It will be our first 4K release and our first 3-D release.

In regards to the 3-D presentation, the stereoscopic alignment/restoration will be will be performed by the 3-D Film Archive and will be exclusive to our release.

Nothing more on the release at this time, but details to follow in the coming months.

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

THANK YOU!!!!!

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

THANK YOU TOO!!!!!!

[Camps]

As is the case with most classic 3D on blu ray... None of this happens were it not for Bob (and team).

Kudos. Mark me down one HAPPY Spillane fan.

[BleedOrange11]

Great news! Thank you ClassicFlix and 3DFA. Can't wait for I, the Jury!