Thanks for your kind words! Here's a Clara Bow photo I've had for a little while (got it off of ebay from a seller who didn't do a very good job of describing it. Probably the reason why I was able to get it for three dollars). I'm not sure what's going on with that lighter portion on the left side....

Harold Lloyd was an alternate delegate at the 1948 and 1952 Republican conventions. Since Myrna Loy was mentioned, I believe that I read somewhere that her frequent co-star William Powell was a Republican (correct me if I'm wrong). I also remember Loy lamenting in her autobiography that Robert Montg...

I've been busy for these past few weeks and haven't had much time to do many color transfers. Here a few new ones that I've been able to complete. First, a shot of Clive Brook and Evelyn Brent from Underworld: http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa425/asiri358/underworld2.jpg Second, a portrait of H...

According to my digital cable guide, the "Wings" episode of Petticoat Junction will be broadcasted on MeTV Friday morning. For those of you not familiar with this, Buddy Rogers and Richard Arlen guest star as themselves. In the episode, they respond to Joe Carson's (Edgar Buchanan) letter of complai...

I received the blu-ray today from deepdiscount. I've had time to sit through Lonesome in its entirety (for the first time too I may add), and it looks very nice. The score is the original synchronized score, and the three talking scenes are present. Broadway looks good too from the few minutes I obs...

Consider the following color transfer a preview of my first blog post "A Defense of Professor Beware." I've always been quite fond of this film, but aside from a few comments I've seen here on Nitrateville, most comments I've seen of this film have been quite dismissive. So, I thought that I would t...

I just finished work on The Thin Man photo.


Also, here's a Clara Bow photo I just completed.

I DVRed the movie and had the chance to watch it yesterday. My opinion: not a bad movie, but not a particularly good one either. The Barrymore brothers leave the best impressions. The other players are not on the screen long enough to make any type of impression. I can't say that I wasted my time, b...

The photo is indeed very sharp. So, I'm inclined to think that it's from the original negative too. I don't believe that your Myrna Loy photo is from Show of Shows. If I'm remembering correctly, she appeared in the Floradora Girl and Li-Po-Li sequences. Maybe the pirate scene too with Ted Lewis. Any...

LC, Great minds think alike, here's one I just completed for my next book: http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx129/rmf27/AfterThinMan1Final.jpg Nice! I normally don't post images I haven't finished colorizing, but I just couldn't resist the urge to post this Thin Man photo I've been working on lat...

I've been busy lately with various stuff so I've just taken a few minutes to acquaint myself with what's been happening. Good stuff posted from all of you I may say. I have a couple photos in various stages of completion, but here's a relatively simple one I'll post right now of one of my favorite a...

:roll: There are still a couple shots that seem to be absent. In the Killiam print there is a close-up of the cat running across the dance floor before the sled dog spots him while Charlie and Georgia are tripping the light fantastic. That shot definitely is not there. Also, maybe I missed it someh...

On this other one, I made Harold's tie red, and tried to give the hair on both of them a little more sheen. :wink: Why does it look from this angle as if HL is unbuttoning Constance blouse from the back with his gloved hand? Now, now. Harold is always well-behaved. :lol: Here's a new color transfer...

Here's another photo from Movie Crazy. As I was finishing work, I stumbled across the same image used on a lobby card. Here are both of them for comparison.

LC, :) Looks good. Although Harold's suit and tie both appear to be green on my monitor? Is that what you wanted? Don't see anything wrong at first glance with Constance skin-tone. Green? That's not what I'm seeing on my monitor. The suit is supposed to be grey and the tie is dark blue. Every monit...

LC, :? Hmm, on my monitor, even his shirt collar is a light green shade. There isn't much diversity. Hm. On second look, the suit and shirt do seem to have taken on slight greenish tint. I wouldn't say a pronounced green, but it's still detectable. We'll just say Harold is celebrating St. Patrick's...

Gagman 66 wrote:LC,

Looks good. Although Harold's suit and tie both appear to be green on my monitor? Is that what you wanted? Don't see anything wrong at first glance with Constance skin-tone.

Green? That's not what I'm seeing on my monitor. The suit is supposed to be grey and the tie is dark blue.

I gladly stand corrected on Norma's tennis balls.
Here's another Movie Crazy photo. I'm not entirely happy with it. I had some problems with Constance's skin tones. Anyway, consider it a work in progress.

Gagman and Bob,
I like the improvements and feedback on Buster photo. I have a few more photos from Movie Crazy (both from the original release and mid-1940s reissue) that I'll try to work on.

Thanks for the feedback/constructive criticism. I particularly like the improvements to the Norma Shearer photo. Here are two more for your consideration: http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa425/asiri358/general-color.jpg Does anyone know the significance of a photo having a linen backing? I'm ask...

Caesar, I'm sure my STAR OF MIDNIGHT photo is less sharp because I copied it from here to my C drive, opened it in Photoshop, saved it back to my C drive then copied it to Photobucket to post here. I'm sure the dpi rate took some losses through all that. At any rate, my purpose was to suggest nuanc...

Bob, Here is an earlier version of the Keystone Hotel still. The other version posted earlier was inspired by the sometimes loud and garish colors seen in some of the early three-strip Technicolor Warner Bros. shorts. Hence, I was giving my interpretation of how Keystone Hotel may have looked if War...

LC, :o I thought Tennis Balls were a light Yellow or white? But I haven't seen any in a long time. I tried to adjust the ones that Norma is holding there, and they just look like Green Apples now. So I don't get it? http://www.h4x3d.com/feat/themes/tennis.jpg Ok - let's compromise and say that they...

Just put the finishing touches on this still from "Star of Midnight," a fairly good Thin Man-like mystery with William Powell and Ginger Rogers. http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa425/asiri358/star-of-midnightcolor2.jpg Another fine job, Little Caesar, with some judgment calls. I like to use am ...

Just put the finishing touches on this still from "Star of Midnight," a fairly good Thin Man-like mystery with William Powell and Ginger Rogers.

Little Caesar, :o Great stuff, but why are those Tennis Balls Green? Stan and Ollie look great, though it appears everyone behind them are still Black and White? Can't quite identify Everyone in The Keystone Hotel. Some unique choices. Aren't tennis balls supposed to be green? All of the ones I've ...

Here a few color transfers I've been working on. Please give me some feedback because I'm considering starting a blog (basically a place for me to post movie reviews and other misc. stuff), and these are a few that I'm considering using for the inaugural post. http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa4...

Great work, Caesar! It looks like an original color photo, which is the highest praise I can think of. My only comment is that WC's eyes are too blue (unless he was known for light blue eyes). I added to some flesh tone (believe it or not) to your blue. What do you think? http://i748.photobucket.co...

Presenting W.C. Fields in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man": http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa425/asiri358/wc.jpg The two original press snipes are still attached to the photo. Here are the transciptions: Snipe 1: From John Joseph Universal Studios Universal City, Calif. For Release on Receipt Be...

The subject line pretty much says it all. I hope that Kino will offer an alternate musical score for this edition. I remember watching the previous version on TCM several years ago, and I thought that the musical score was about the most inappropriate score for a silent I have ever heard. If there's...