May 19 2010
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I fair finished watching the newly released Special Edition of Holiday Inn. I was AMAZED at the clarity of the relate. I’ve never seen a print of this film looking so pristine. Even on fair a regular, 20″ non-HDTV location, the hairs askew on top of Bing’s toupee during the renowned White Christmas scene are plainly visible. Now if you can behold single hairs on a person’s head during a medium shot on a exiguous television position, that’s a stunningly certain characterize!
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The audio as well is crisp and sure with rich bass and treble tones. If you ogle the film with the audio commentary on, you’ll hear the dulcet tones of Ken Barnes relating some challenging tidbits about the making of the film, the songs (one particularly absorbing piece concerns the verse to White Christmas), the cast, etc. All is enhanced by sound bites from Bing and Fred Astaire themselves in archive audio material from the 1970’s. As an example, Bing speaks of the continuing sales of his recording of White Christmas as leisurely as 1974, how he felt it was due in allotment to people giving the characterize as a Christmas gift.
The proper gems are the bonus features, particularly the 45 runt long mini feature A Couple of Song & Dance Men. Ken Barnes is joined by Fred Astaire’s beautiful daughter Ava sharing biographical memories of both Bing and Fred, along with trivia tidbits. Ava shows and reads some of the letters Fred Astaire wrote to his wife while on a USO tour in England with Bing in 1944, and telegrams to Fred from Bing, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin are also shown on veil. All is pieced together nicely with song excerpts from Bing’s films, coming attractions trailers, and newsreel footage, including Bing opening the Stage Door Canteen in 1944.
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The other, shorter bonus feature runs 7 minutes and is titled All Singing - All Dancing. Ken shares some rare slow the scenes photos and techniques of how musical numbers were filmed, beginning with the early talkies. He shows how the orchestra and singer were together on the region and recorded as one.
The fresh theatrical trailer for Holiday Inn is also included.
All is wrapped up nicely with a slip-cover that goes over the DVD case. When compared with the two-on-one DVD of Holiday Inn and Going My Map that’s been out for many years now, the incompatibility in quality is plainly visible. The Holiday Inn print looks somewhat fuzzy or “muddy” in quality when watched after seeing the brilliance of the newly restored print passe on this Special Edition.
In short, this is a DVD that’s well worth having. If you want the definitive presentation of this classic Holiday film, this is it! Bravo Ken & co.
I always felt this movie deserved a restoration to support its 1942 style B&W richness. Unfortunately this movie has NOT been restored to its unique rich and pristine Dismal & White splendor! It HAS been remastered meaning no cuts or deletions and also includes an approximate 42 small mini biography of both Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby and a short share about the making of the song and dance numbers of Holiday Inn.
A holiday perennial along with Miracle on 34th St. and It’s A Improbable Life, this fresh release is truly a Special Edition!
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