Mark of Zorro - disappointing transfer

Just wondering if anyone else is disappointed in the transfer of The Mark of
Zorro.

There seems to be a lot of flickering (due to compression artifacts?) -- for
example, in the grill at the back of the room from 3:31-3:37 and in the
decorations on the soldiers' chests from 4:34-4:43...

Fox didn't seem to have the same problems with The Song of Bernadette, another
B&W movie which is almost 60% longer than this one.

Mr. Mike

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<<Just wondering if anyone else is disappointed in the transfer of The
Mark of Zorro.>>

<<There seems to be a lot of flickering (due to compression
artifacts?) -- for example, in the grill at the back of the room from
3:31-3:37 and in the decorations on the soldiers' chests from
4:34-4:43...>>

<<Fox didn't seem to have the same problems with The Song of Bernadette,
another B&W movie which is almost 60% longer than this one.>>


I watched my Netflix copy of this title last night and noticed all of
the problems that you have mentioned.

The Tyrone Power documentary was nearly as interesting as the movie.

Scot Gardner

From review just posted at Amazon:

TRANSFER: Just awful! Though the original elements were in pretty bad
shape, Fox has managed to restore much of the luster of the original
camera negative. There are age related artifacts, but the real problem
here is the edge enhancement and aliasing and shimmering of fine
details that are present in EVERY SINGLE FRAME of this disc! The audio
is remastered in stereo and nicely presented for its age.

(Interestingly, the subject line on this review is "A BEAUTIFUL
TRANSFER FROM FOX"! It ends with "BOTTOM LINE: A thrilling story and
wonderful performances ruined by a shoddy transfer. NO to "The Mark of
Zorro". ")

Mr. Mike