Twentieth Century Fox

Region 1 - NTSC

2.30:1 cropped

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 8.78 mb/s
NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s

2.95:1 horizontally stretched
Average Bitrate: 4.88 mb/s
NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

Twentieth Century Fox (Fox Studio Classics)

MDVD120

English Stereo

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen letterboxed - 2.30:1

Edition Details:
• Movietone News :
• Commentary by Actors Dina Merrill and Neva Patterson
• Still Gallery
• Trailer

DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
Amaray

Chapters 25

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen letterboxed - 2.95:1

Edition Details:

None

DVD Release Date: Unknown
Amaray

The Twentieth Fox release is at 2.30:1 is cropped on the edges. It is stated on Imdb as a 2.35 film, but either somehow the Taiwanese DVD production company got a hold of much wider print, OR we also zooming in and have some cropping on the top edge by Fox OR MDVD120 used an Open-matte print and cropped it themselves (although this is doubtful as the top frame is in alignment in both sets of captures) . Now, the Taiwanese release is 2.95:1 and is horizontally stretched far beyond its 2.35 ratio, but even with the many mismatched frames of Vincent (a newbie contributor) it is obvious that there is a lot of information missing from the Fox image. The first and second large capture shows it best. Everything is superior on the Fox (even have a commentary), but the Taiwanese does show how much is cropped off the left edge of the US release. Truly bizarre. I wonder who made that decision.

I haven't seen the film, but unless director Walter Lang did a lot of fast zooming in, then I suspect that Vincent's captures are showing a real deviation in the 2 prints used. 

NOTE: Don't fret over the mismatched frames: the purpose of this comparison is to show that the Fox has been cropped on the sides, most extensively on the left edge.

 - Gary W. Tooze