Just purchased THE BING CROSBY COLLECTION, which was issued by Universal as part of its supposed "Backlot" series, mostly to see "College Humor," a 1934 Paramount effort with Bing, Jack Oakie and Burns & Allen.
While the DVD transfer is pretty good, there are unfortunately numerous vertical scratches throughout the film, some of them white (negative scratches?) and some of them dark (print scratches?). However, all of them are annoying!
While I'm glad to be able to finally see these Crosby films, and I can't complain about the price ($10 from HamiltonBooks, a remainder reseller), I AM complaining about the fact that the studios apparently can't be bothered to do some very basic cleanup work before releasing these films. Unfortunately, such complaints always seem to fall on deaf ears.
But what good is a digitized transfer that supposedly "preserves" a film, if it's not done well in the first place? SETH
College Humor (1934)
College Humor (1934)
Please don't call the occasional theatrical release of an old movie a "reissue." We do not say "The next time you go to the Louvre, you will see a re-issue of the Mona Lisa.” -- Cecil B. DeMille