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Topic: A Chump At Oxford - Streamlined
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Tony Stucchio
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 625
From: New Jersey
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted July 07, 2009 08:30 PM
I don't see much difference between the L&H BH sound shorts and features in terms of picture quality. I've had different printings of some of the features, and in some cases the quality differed. For example, my WAY OUT WEST on '74 stock had better picture density and sharpness than a later '77 printing. The sound on the latter was better though. BH supposedly switched labs when they became a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, and the quality suffered for a while. When they went to the silver boxes in the late '70's early '80s, the quality supposedly improved, mostly because of better negatives. I don't have any L&H from that period, but I do have a few Our Gangs, where the quality is stunning, but I believe in general that the Our Gangs looked better than the L&H's, even in early '70s printings. Some of the early 30's shorts look better than the late 30's ones (Alfalfa and Spanky one-reelers.) The worst-looking BH Our Gang that I have is OUR GANG FOLLIES OF 1938. One of the best is DOGS IS DOGS from 1931 -- silver box -- not sure how the earlier printings were.
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