{"id":5725,"date":"2013-06-16T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T19:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5725"},"modified":"2021-06-13T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T22:21:41","slug":"review-inoldarizona-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/06\/review-inoldarizona-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"In Old Arizona Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In Old Arizona<\/i><\/b> is an interesting time piece of cinema and old Westerns. As the back cover states, this was the first major Western to use the new technology of sound and the first \u201ctalkie\u201d to be shot outdoors. Personally, and not a fan of Westerns in general, I found it to be lackluster but Warner Baxter\u2019s performance did stand out.<\/p>\n

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\nIn Old Arizona (1929)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Western
\nFox | NR \u2013 99 min. \u2013 $24.99 | June 4, 2013
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Irving Cummings
\nWriter(s): <\/b>O. Henry (story \u201cThe Caballero\u2019s Way\u201d); Tom Barry (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/b>Warner Baxter, Edmund Love, Dorothy Burgess<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>January 20, 1929<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>None
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Full Frame 1.20
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>22.1 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong>
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Plot Outline: <\/b>Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn (EDMUND LOWE) sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid (WARNER BAXTER), a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia (DOROTHY BURGESS), the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid’s capture \u2013 dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No features have been included.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

All things considered, this film, now 84 years old, this is an impressive looking transfer. Presented with a 1.20 Full Frame aspect ratio, the film\u2019s 1080p HD transfer provides some good detail levels even through the dust marks, numerous scratches and lines through the picture. Although I\u2019m sure if Fox wanted to spend more the picture could\u2019ve looked better, but how much without altering it too much is the question, so what is provided here is pretty darn good.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The disc includes two audio tracks: The first is a restored 1.0 DTS-HD MA and the other is an un-restored Dolby Digital 1.0. I did change from one to the other but didn\u2019t notice a huge difference, although the DTS-HD MA one was softer than and not as harsh as the other. Dialogue is pretty tough to hear but that\u2019s due to the source rather than the transfer but audio effects are decent and like the picture, given its age, what\u2019s made available is probably the best it will get.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, In Old Arizona<\/i><\/b> is an interesting time piece of cinema and old Westerns. As the back cover states, this was the first major Western to use the new technology of sound and the first \u201ctalkie\u201d to be shot outdoors. Personally, and not a fan of Westerns in general, I found it to be lackluster but Warner Baxter\u2019s performance did stand out. The Blu-ray doesn\u2019t have any features but the audio and video transfers are good quality for the film\u2019s age.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/b>06\/16\/2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Old Arizona is an interesting time piece of cinema and old Westerns. As the back cover states, this was the first major Western to use the new technology of sound and the first \u201ctalkie\u201d to be shot outdoors. Personally, and not a fan of Westerns in general, I found it to be lackluster but … Continue reading “In Old Arizona Blu-ray Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[2120,2121],"class_list":["post-5725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-in-old-arizona","tag-warner-baxter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5725"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26559,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5725\/revisions\/26559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}