Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (Part 1)

Kino’s set is a mixed bag. Some movies look great. Others are restored to death. I’ll be focusing on the latter. I give lots of examples, but this post is by no means comprehensive.

Mixed Pets (1911)

Editing error:

Corrected to 60fps

Frozen, splotchy, misaligned cloning. Terrible in every way:

Some shots are untouched, but frozen cloning is pervasive:

Intertitles look super fake, but this one has an erroneous line peeking through:

Processed by Library of Congress and Dayton Digital Filmworks.

Greater Love Hath No Man (1911)

Microloop:

Corrected to 60fps

The final shot got the works with continuous frozen cloning and smeary retouching:

Processed by Library of Congress and Dayton Digital Filmworks.

Falling Leaves (1912)

Constant, prolonged, frozen cloning throughout:

Corrected to 60fps

Screen tearing:

Frozen cloning:

HUGE frozen cloning:

Just plain terrible repairs:

Processed by Library of Congress and Dayton Digital Filmworks

Canned Harmony (1912)

Editing/pulldown error:

Corrected to 60fps

A House Divided (1913)

Frozen, mismatched cloning:

Continuous frozen cloning:

Processed by Library of Congress and Dayton Digital Filmworks

Matrimony’s Speed Limit (1913)

Editing error:

Corrected to 60fps

The Ocean Waif (1916)

The worst restoration of the set, the others aren’t even close.

Most splices now have screen tearing.

Basic mismatched frozen cloning:

Huge frozen cloning:

Might as well be a freeze frame:

Extended frozen cloning:

No attempt to align cloned area:

Processed by Dayton Digital Filmworks.

The Colleen Bawn

Intertitles have microloops.

Microloop on the left; corrected on the right.

For part two, click here.

One thought on “Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (Part 1)

  1. vanshady

    Given that you have Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers, you should also try Kino’s Silent Avant-Garde. It is an absolute horror show of bad restoration, and might be an entertainment for you. It has the worst restoration ever, Twenty-Four Dollar Island https://www.bestblurays.com/film/2201-twenty-four-dollar-island-1927

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