Title: until the real thing comes along...
Product review: This movie has always been a favorite of mine since childhood, when it would show up occasionally on late night television in Seattle. However, this DVD is not really an improvement over the VCR recording I made of the film many years ago from AMC channel. It appears that no digital restoration, either in image or sound, has been attempted. Rather, this is direct copy from a video tape onto a DVD - at least that's what it looks like to me. The disc is manufactured in Korea and I suspect is not even for sale legally in the U.S. I don't understand why Paramount hasn't released it in this country - it was a huge hit in 1946 and won an Oscar for DeHavilland. Perhaps they're working on a restoration of it and plan to release it soon in all its glossy glory. Let's hope so! In the meantime, this edition is a stop-gap for those of us who no longer have a way to watch our old, disintegrating video tapes.
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