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Title: Life With Father - 1947 Color (Digitally Remastered Version) (2009)
Format: DVD
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Starring: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, and Edmund Gwenn
Director: Michael Curtiz
Rating: Not available
Runtime: 118
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Review of Life With Father - 1947 Color (Digitally Remastered Version)

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Comments for Life With Father - 1947 Color (Digitally Remastered Version)

• Posted on 2010-03-01
  The best version yet, but...
  
  Some of the customer reviews of this DVD (the DigiCom TV "Digitally Remastered" version) are hyperbolic. This is no perfect transfer. The colors are pastel--not what one would expect from a three-strip Technicolor production of the 1940s, and not at all like the brilliant tones I have seen in showings of this movie on TCM. Skin looks a little odd; everyone has a pink face. However, this disk is by far the best DVD of "Life with Father" that has yet been offered. The picture is quite sharp and clean, and the sound is good. Unlike the many worthless public domain versions, this one is watchable and well worth the modest price, until a truly restored Warner Bros. version becomes available.
  
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• Posted on 2010-02-26
  Well worth the money
  
  This is my first review on Amazon so I would like to point something out before I comment on this film.
  
  I've purchased a number of DVD's from Amazon and always read the reviews before deciding on my purchase. Many of these films have multiple versions being offered on this site and a lot of people do not specify which version they are referring to in their comments. It can be confusing.
  
  I purchased the DigiCom TV version of Life With Father and I must say it was well worth the money. The picture quality is perfect as is the sound and color. The only time I ever see this movie on television is when it's playing on public access. Now I can watch it whenever I want.
  
  Buy it and you won't be disappointed.
  
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• Posted on 2010-02-13
  Let's not get carried away...
  
  I bought the Digicom DVD-R edition based on the rave reviews on Amazon. True, the transfer is a distinct improvement over every other public domain edition of this film, but it is not 'digitally remastered.' It's a decent print in that there is no splicing and the film is presented in its 118-minute entirety (unlike most of the public domain releases, which are travesties). That said, the sound is flat and the color is somewhat washed out. In short, I still have an SP videocassette of LIFE WITH FATHER captured from an airing 20 years ago on American Movie Classics, and it's better than the Digicom mastering. But yes, this edition is definitely an improvement, and would be worth the cost if you've only seen the film in bottom-of-the-well public domain video releases.
  
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• Posted on 2010-02-11
  Love the movie-Hate this copy
  
  This was a replacement for the movie that I wore out. The quality was really bad and I had to return it.
  
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• Posted on 2010-02-08
  Life with Father
  
  This movie was very disappointing. We were expecting a good old classic. This is a very silly movie with little plot. Even the 'big names' don't help at all.
  
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