Klarinet Archive - Posting 000920.txt from 2003/04

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] "The Benny Goodman Story" redux
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:44:16 -0400

An old movie would be in the the ratio of the 35 mm format, whatever
that is. 35 mm still cameras were born to use this motion picture
format, the ratchet holes for advancing the film in projectors along
with the film emulsions developed just for movies.

On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 01:09 PM, Lelia Loban wrote:

> I considered buying the DVD of "The Benny Goodman Story" (1955) that
> was
> released last month, until I found out that so far, Universal has only
> released this movie in a full screen (TV format) version, with an
> aspect
> ratio of 1.33 : 1. It's in the Pan & Scan format. As a rule,
> anything
> released as Pan & Scan needs to be widescreen. Aspect ratios varied
> in
> the 1950s, but IMHO, 1.33 : 1 is only acceptable for movies that were
> originally released in 1.37 : 1. However, I wasn't able to find out
> the
> original aspect ratio of this movie from the usual sources,
> Amazon.com, the
> Internet Movie Database or the All Movie Guide. That means that
> Universal
> didn't give out the information--and that means there's a reason. (The
> Library of Congress online listing doesn't include the aspect ratio,
> BTW--I
> was curious enough to check.) The sound is still Dolby Digital 2.0
> mono,
> apparently not remastered. In other words, this is the same old print
> that's been around for years on VHS. Universal has a history of
> releasing
> DVDs only in Pan & Scan with few or no extras (this one has a little
> biography featurette), then coming out with an improved, digitally
> remastered, widescreen edition a few months later, to the tune of much
> publicity. I think it's a tactic to get people to pay twice. Won't.
> I'm
> waiting for the higher quality DVD--and if there isn't one, then I'll
> just
> keep my VHS tape.
>
> Lelia Loban
> lelialoban@-----.net
>
>
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