Several folks have pointed this out to me in e-mail: In the "Who's Yehudi?" soundie — our previous link — everything is mirror-imaged. Whoever did the transfer flipped the image.
Sharp eyes there. For years, whenever the movie Oliver appeared on home video — and sometimes even when it ran on TV — one entire reel (about 11 minutes) was flipped that way. The telecine operator who did the film-2-tape transfer erred and then that transfer was used over and over…with surprisingly few complaints. Finally, a few years ago, they did a new transfer and put things right.
I've been swamped with matters — biz and personal — all day so I'm behind in posting news and thoughts. I'll try to catch up later tonight. I also need to post our annual notice of the birthday of the great character actor, Charles Lane. He turns 102 on Friday, I believe.
Bear with us, please. It's not quite Cream of Mushroom Soup time here but it's getting close.