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Frank Wylie

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"Hotel Imperial: (1927) Paramount Pictures, D. Mauritz Stiller, Cinematography Bert Glennon, Starring: Pola Negri, James Hall, George Siegmann.

Bench timing a dupe negative from a decomposing original era print with fading, melt, out-gassing and density mottling.

Here are a few shots of the print in places of "better" condition...
- November 21, 2016
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1. Abby Bader
  
  I love it, it must be great to work on such nostalgic pieces. Is this for archival purposes or digital publishing?
  
  November 23, 2016
2. Frank Wylie
  
  Abby,
  
  Archival restoration and public exhibition.
  
  While the title has been digitally restored by the parent company for Bluray release, we still try to preserve the best film elements we have to film with an eye toward eventually making DCPs for public exhibition.
  
  Currently, we have (and are adding to) a very large lending library of 35mm prints, but that can't last forever.
  
  When film finally ends, we will switch from motion picture printers and film processors to datacine/scanner suites and workstations, but traditional film inspection, repair and handling skills will remain unchanged.
  
  November 23, 2016