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Author Topic: Some Like It Hot (1959) Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-12-2005 08:54 PM                     Some Like It Hot (1959) 7 reels MGM via TES 1.66:1 B/W Mono  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-19-2006 09:00 AM                 It has been 524 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Alex Rolfe Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 10-19-2006 09:00 AM                        print #01002 from ETS Los Angeles 7 reels, BW, Dolby SR (soundtrack is clearly not mono, despite the can's label). Odd numbered reels are somewhat scratched. Image isn't too bad for a rep print, but crackling and hiss in the left channel is quite noticable during quieter scenes.  |  IP: Logged Richard P. May Expert Film Handler Posts: 243 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Jan 2006 posted 10-19-2006 01:12 PM                     This picture was released in 1959. It would not be stereo. If the processor is set for stereo, it will of course think it's a stereo track, and if there is damage to one side of it, the noise will play back on one side or the other in the theater. It could be that at one point UA made a fake stereo track, but that's doubtful. RPM  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-19-2006 01:33 PM                     It all depends on what the studio has done to this restrike print of the film. It could be like Woody Allen type sound, Dolby SR with it channeled to mono. So being made in 1959 does not matter, it depends on if the studio messed it up on this restrike.  |  IP: Logged Alex Rolfe Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 10-19-2006 05:29 PM                        The soundtrack in the leader was labelled as SR so I checked parts of the soundtrack by eye and they were clearly not mono. On the other hand, it wasn't a very strong stereo mix, so it could either be a faked stereo mix or stereo from an original non-mono source (eg, print with a magnetic soundtrack).  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-01-2015 09:59 PM                 It has been 3330 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-01-2015 09:59 PM                        Print #7001 from Park Circus is a good 2008 print (from Foto-Kem) with the SR mix listed above. There is definitely sound in all channels and it sounds fine when played in SR, so it isn't a labelling error. There is some question on the aspect ratio. IMDB says 1.66. Other sources say 1.85. I tried it both ways and honestly think that it looks better at 1.85. Hand-written labels on this print list both ratios.  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 12-02-2015 03:21 PM                     BoxOffice Magazine says 1.85 in their original review, and it seems unlikely that a Hollywood studio product from that period would be anything but 1.85-1 for flat.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-02-2015 09:40 PM                     FWIW, the Blu-Ray is windowboxed to 1.66, although I do agree that seems odd for the time and place.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 02-21-2018 01:12 AM                 It has been 811 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-21-2018 01:12 AM                     DCP 1.66 / 2.0 / resolution not known TRT is 2:01:37 Two logos at Head BFI MGM color logo No tail credits 2:01:00 -- "THE END" (ftb) followed by exit music on black screen to 2:01:25 2:01:25 -- MGM Color logo Matrix decode sound, if possible at your venue.  |  IP: Logged

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