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Author Topic: Has "TO CATCH A THIEF"-1955 been restored?! Jerry Axelsson Expert Film Handler Posts: 107 From: Stockholm, Sweden Registered: May 2005 posted 03-27-2011 02:14 PM                     Hello friends, Does anyone know for a fact if a profound restoration has been made on the original film elements for "TO CATCH A THIEF"-1955? Has someone handled OR seen a recent 35mm re-issue print of this title in the last couple of years? I know that the recent dvd has been cleaned up quite a bit. Is this just a digital restoration for the home video market OR is it possible to reprint this title in 35mm with the same upgraded results? Any help would be deeply appreciated! Thank you in advance! Is there someone which has handled a recent print which can supply a scan of a few 35mm frames to give an indication if what a new print can look like???  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 03-27-2011 02:39 PM                     If there hasn't been, I too would love to see one. I love the look of this film. AJG  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 03-27-2011 02:41 PM                     quote: Jerry Axelsson Has someone handled OR seen a recent 35mm re-issue print of this title in the last couple of years? I saw a 35mm print here in San Francisco about a year ago. It was a nice clean print, but I doubt it was a "restored" version. There were numerous scene-to-scene color shifts, and the usual color jumping just before all the dissolves & fades as was common in the Technicolor releases of the 1950's. I think a "restored" version would have corrected the inter scene & fade/disslove color shifts. So it was probably just a nice "re-issue" print I saw.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-27-2011 03:01 PM                     Another forum states that Paramount has just done a 4K on To Catch a Thief. Undoubtedly it will be released on Blu Ray whether new prints are struck or not. FWIW, I have 2 16mm prints of the film, one a miraculously, totally unfaded Eastman, and the other LPP. The LPP has a very slight blueish cast, but both are spectacular, and until Jim mentioned it, I didn't really notice the color shift around the opticals so I'm not surprised there are decent 35's around. Wonderful film.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-27-2011 04:55 PM                        Also ran it about a year ago. In pretty good shape, but definitely not restored.  |  IP: Logged Jerry Axelsson Expert Film Handler Posts: 107 From: Stockholm, Sweden Registered: May 2005 posted 03-28-2011 01:21 AM                     Jeff, Can you possibly post a link to the forum were the 4K master is mentioned OR post it here in full text? Thanks a lot in advance, Jerry  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-28-2011 07:46 AM                     It's on Jeff Joseph's old forum (software doesn't let me post the url). Tom Holland posted it.  |  IP: Logged

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