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The stars of this videotape edition of The Covered Wagon are the film materials used for the video transfer and Gaylord Carter’s entertaining and enhancing performance on a Wurlitzer theater organ. Recorded digitally, the organ soundtrack plays well in stereo hi-fi on VHS and sounds even better on the now out-of-print laserdisc edition.
About 80 percent of the materials used for the video transfer appear to be from the original negative, with the remainder taken from what appears to be only a good quality 16mm reduction print. However, when the 35mm footage runs, the viewer can see wonderful, detailed images, with clarity and broad tonal ranges, that can only come from an original 35mm negative.
While we are not big fans of Kerrigan or the run-of-the-mill story, we still enjoy taking in the performances of Torrance, Hale and Marshall (and organist Carter), and seeing sharp images similar to those seen by first-run audiences in 1923. We recommend this edition of The Covered Wagon.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
an NTSC VHS videotape of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
an NTSC VHS videotape of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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