Frank Sinatra Movies on Blu-Ray*

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  1. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    My only beefs with the PAL JOEY blu-ray are about the audio:
    1. No mono option (The film was released mono-only in 1957, and the "stereo" and "5.1" options here are futzed-with fake stereo/fake surround, pretty heavily processed, and definitely conveying a sound that was not in line with the original, although quite listenable on their own terms. IMO, for any film that was released in mono only, there should be a mono option.)
    2. The "isolated music track" is really whacky, with fake stereo, added reverb, and humongous volume drops in the middle of songs. Very, very strange (and frustrating, since the only reason I bought the blu-ray was for the isolated music tracks).

    Picture wise, the film is grainy as heck (no VistaVision in play here), but the transfer seems fine.
     
    MLutthans, Dec 13, 2015
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  2. Beaneydave

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    Hi, are these region free, the web site does not say ?


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    Beaneydave, Dec 13, 2015
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  3. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    @Beaneydave -

    The Pal Joey blu-ray is region free.
     
    MLutthans, Dec 13, 2015
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  4. Beaneydave

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    Cheers

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    Beaneydave, Dec 13, 2015
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  5. Richard--W

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    PAL JOEY looks fine on my hi-def system. Better than it has ever looked before. On an old CRT / tube TV it would look spotty, of course.

    I didn't pay much attention to the sound, I'm afraid, but it sounded okay. The playback is not yet channeled through my stereo.
     
    Richard--W, Dec 13, 2015
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  6. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    Yes, I have no doubt that it looks better than any previous home release it has had, and did not imply otherwise.
     
    MLutthans, Dec 13, 2015
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  7. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    From the "wrap" party for A Hole in the Head? Any idea what was being spoken and recorded? (There are two mics on the stand: The large Altec mic, apparently for a public address system, and the small mic that is plugged into the tape recorder that is sitting on the table next to Mr. Robinson.)
     
    MLutthans, May 15, 2017
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  8. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    Not a blu-ray question, but what's the scoop on this story, which I found on Ebay:
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    MLutthans, Jan 16, 2018
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