Looking for advice.

[Alan Gouger]

I have a chance to pick up Deranns High Noon (1959) B/W & - Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) B/W.

My dealings with B&W titles many are blown out, the details in the bright scenes are crushed.
I would be buying these sight un-sceen from a reputable seller.

Has anyone had any experience or seen ether of these titles and can you share your opinion, thumbs up or down?

Thank you in advance.

[Larry Arpin]

Last Train From Gun Hill is a color film.

[Ed Gordon]

Ask the seller for pictures of the projected image before buying. Derran has a good reputation. Color may fade on some film stocks

Eastmancolor: What is usually called Eastman color is the print stock made from the mid 1950’s to the early 1980’s. This is a positive-negative process. Clear around the perforations with a very light pink or orange cast. Markings along the edge in red, sometimes very small. Eastmancolor is the stock most prone to fading. Some later versions (sometimes erroneously called "4b") seem to hold up better, similar to SP. Many films have turned so that nothing but red is left. Rate of fading depends on the quality of processing as well as storage conditions. Color film emulsions are made up of cyan, yellow and magenta layers. The cyan layer will fade first. This initially causes the shadows to go maroon, then blue skies turn white, and eventually all you have left is red.

Source: https://www.paulivester.com/films/filmstock/guide.htm

[Osi Osgood]

He's right, "Last Train" is a color film, hard to find with good color. I have High Noon. I honestly don't know as to whether my print is a Derann print, but I can vouch for the great sharp picture, and it's not washed out in image, although the film itself originally, was a very bright picture, lots of light to the image, even on DVD

[Douglas Meltzer]

Alan,

I had a Viacom print of Last Train. Completely faded, but one of the sharpest prints I've ever seen.

[Chip Gelmini]

I have a copy of High Noon in B/W. It's very good. I'd grab it if I was you. I'm keeping mine.

[Paul Adsett]

I also have the Viacom print of Last Train From Gun Hill. As Doug says, it had superb picture quality at one time but is now all faded to pink. Such a shame as it really is one of the great Western films.

[Mike Newell]

I had the 1x 400 digest and the 5x400 of this title. The digest is prone to fade the feature which is Derann was great colour. That said the digest is a good edit and as others have said sharp print. There was a copy on eBay recently with screenshots which gave an indication of colour. High Noon again 400 is a good edit if in good condition well worth buying.

https://youtu.be/BtVXqxPyJaw?si=nPTNS8GQ182RzSaS High Noon in German as a rough guide.

[Osi Osgood]

I didn't know that Derann did a reprint of "Last Train". If it's the reprint, it HAS to be a rarity ... With good color! If from Derann and not good color, however, could it merely be a case of Derann selling old stock from a super 8 company closing?