Title: Great Film, Excellent DVD
Product review: The film is top notch; so is the DVD transfer. The B+W image is solid and steady, generally with excellent detail, deep blacks, and crisp whites. This one looks great. Warners probably took a fresh print from the original RKO materials, which in this case must have come down to us in decent shape (the RKO library is problematic). Warner's hasn't sterilized the film by eliminating absolutely all grain and speckle, however. The minor artifacts that remain are probably on the negative--literally part of the film itself. Kudos to Warners for giving us so many great catalog films on DVD, and for taking the care to make films that are nearly old enough to collect Social Security look better today than they probably ever have before.Stephen R. Pendleton
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