UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15407003
Format:
eingefärbt
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Tonformat: DD/Stereo (Stummfilm)
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Bildformat: 1.33:1 ; NTSC
Content:
A gritty crime melodrama, THE WICKED DARLING is the first of ten films Lon Chaney made with director Tod Browning. Long thought to be a lost film, THE WICKED DARLING was rediscovered in the last decade and is shown here for the first time in over eighty years. Together these long-sought-after films allow viewers to see Lon Chaney in roles that won him the reputation of Hollywood's greatest character actor. (Image Entertainment)
Content:
This edition has been mastered from a duplicate 35mm print copied from the sole-surviving 35mm nitrate materials held by the Nederlands Filmmuseum. The slightly-abridged print is significantly-damaged in places by mildew, which creates blotches of white speckling in the dark emulsion of the print, and by several splices and some sprocket-damage in the image area of the print, but remains watchable. The full-frame video transfer runs at slightly-faster than natural speed, and holds much of the print's tonal range and image details. Some highlight details are blasted out and shadows are often closed-up, but not to the extent that is common in many reduction prints. Some brief sections of the transfer flutter back and forth quickly, twitching the film̷s action, as if a few frames advance, move back and then forward again ̶ all within about a half-second of time. Not worth mentioning for once, but it happens several times throughout the presentation. The digital video master substitutes the Dutch intertitles of the source print with English, following the original intertitles list in Universal's corporate files. A few Dutch intertitles have been translated from the source print where they are missing from the documentation. Some fade-outs have been added in the transfer, and some flash frames of footage are represented by still frames in an attempt to retain the pacing of the scene and give viewers a chance to take in the surviving image. Missing footage is represented by black frames and is also bridged by expositional intertitles in an italicized typefont. (Silent Era)
Note:
Ländercode: 0
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Orig.: USA, 1919
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Mastered from 35mm elements
In:
Victory : [DVD-Video], Chatsworth, 2004, (2004)
Author information:
Browning, Tod
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