Doctor X (BLU-RAY)
US IMPORT
Is there a (mad) doctor in the house? "Yes!" shrieks Doctor X, filmed in rare two-strip Technicolor®. An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by re-creating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the genre. Lionel Atwill is Doctor Xavier, pre-King Kong scream queen Fay Wray is a distressed damsel and Lee Tracy snaps newshound patter, all under the direction of renowned Michael Curtiz. The new two-color Technicolor master was restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation in association with Warner Bros. Entertainment. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Foundation. Also includes the separately filmed B&W version (which has been restored and restored from its original nitrate camera negative) originally intended for small U.S. markets and International distribution, and which has been out of distribution for over 30 years.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE LAST-KNOWN SURVIVING NITRATE TECHNICOLOR PRINT
- Alternate B&W version of feature
- DOCTOR X (HD): UCLA Before & After Restoration featurette (HD)
- New documentary: "Monsters and Mayhem: The Horror Films of Michael Curtiz (HD)
- New feature commentary by author/film historian Alan K. Rode
- Archival feature commentary by Scott MacQueen, head of preservation, UCLA Film and Television Archive
- Original B&W Theatrical Trailer (HD)
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature