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Author Topic: High Treason (1929) Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2016 10:36 AM                        4 reels 1.37:1 Academy (might actually be 1.19:1 Movietone...will update) mono gorgeous 2011 print from the Library of Congress this was restored from a print that has printed-in "punch"-style c/o cues; ignore these and follow the Clint Phare cues on the print sound levels and qualty vary from reel to reel  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-18-2016 06:34 PM                        There were both silent and sound versions produced. If you have the silent version and it's not full frame, I'm guessing that it's been optically reduced to Academy. If it's the sound version, I'm guessing Movietone.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-19-2016 07:41 AM                        This was the sound version. It plays fine in Academy (including titles) (this venue did not have the Movietone lenses and plates), but it plays at a different venue next month and I will confirm. IMDB says that it is Movietone, but IMDB is not exactly the most reliable source.  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 01-19-2016 04:09 PM                     It should be Movietone, but even then, that it's a compromised image. Both the silent and sound versions were shot full-aperture, with the British Acoustic sound version getting its audio from an interlocked optical track (running at 180 fpm!). The replaced titles will block for 1.37 because it was released in the U.S. after the SMPE standard was introduced. If your 'scope lens is a moduled lens, you can take the prime lens off and use it with a 'scope plate for a poor-man's Movietone AR.  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 01-21-2016 04:11 PM                     PS. The imdb lists anything made before 1932 as 1.18-1, which is wrong. Movietone was never adopted as an official ratio by any studio other than Fox. Each studio had their own house ratio that ranged anywhere from 1.15-1 to 1.35-1. SMPE agreed upon a standard in December 1929 that every studio except for Fox would go with a 1.33-1 aspect ratio (.800" x .600"). There are exceptions, but you will find that any Hollywood product will be protected for this.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-26-2016 10:37 PM                     Are the frame lines super-thin, or do they appear to be normal thickness?  |  IP: Logged

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