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21. Jan 2016
Almost perfect.
4 von 4 finden das hilfreich This is a good buy for anyone who likes movies. Temple's early films are almost all quite fine and this is almost a complete collection.
The first thing I did after receiving it was check all the disks for functionality, because I read reviews that said they got bad disks that didn't work. Either they didn't know how to use a DVD or I am one of the lucky majority without that problem, because they all work for me. The Little Colonel had some trouble and gave me errors about damaged media, but I re-seated the disk and then it worked. Susanna of the Mounties also had some trouble, but ran through without needing to be re-seated. I am happy.
I am dissappointed that Stand up and Cheer is in B/W, but I suppose it is understandable. Stowaway, however, has been expertly colorized, yet the one you get in this set is -ONLY B/W-. So I'm still looking for a colorized Stowaway DVD. Wee Willie Winkie and Young People are also in B/W. With the exception of those four films, the whole set is in nice, vibrant color. Also about Wee Willie Winkie, it is labeled quite unintuitively. That one is on a double-sided disk (both sides shiny, no graphics/label side). One side for B/W version, the other side for tinted. You would think they have each side labeled for what is on it, but instead each side is labeled for what is on the opposite side. So, when you want to watch side A, you put it into your DVD drive with side B facing down. I know it sounds weird, but that's how they did it. Both sides worked for me though, so no problems there.
The videos are in good resolution, but still have the original film grain. In fact, I think the high resolution only makes the grain even more noticeable. I know the technology necessary for filtering out film grain was available long before March 2014 (when this was published), so why on earth they didn't clean the grain off the image when they captured it is beyond me, but the picture is otherwise as clear as it will ever get, and I'm sure the company selling the DVDs had nothing to do with capturing the video from it's original film.
The menus are designed poorly, and you may have some trouble with them if you intend to play these movies on your computer. A DVD player hooked up to your TV will probably not have any problem, because the nature of the issue is poorly configured menu item hot-spots.
I totally recommend this, however be aware that it does NOT have Poor Little Rich Girl or Little Miss Marker. With those and the colorized Sotwaway, the would be a perfect collection of Temple's first few years in film.