For years i would watch the none restored Panavision version on t.c.m for years i would hear that the positive prints had water damage and that it could not be restored. Then I heard rumors that the water damage is not that bad.then i hear rumors that it could be restored,but , it could cost up to 1million to 2 million dollars. The restored version is finally out. Now I know what the expense would of cost for a chemical restoration. As in the restoration of it, the film did have some damages and water spots. It turned out there was a three strip negative of the three films .It was in good shape .That would equate to 9 strips of film for a chemical restoration. That explains the prohibitive cost. Thanks to Dave Strohmair. And Tom March with the less expensive,but, still expensive digital restoration ,they preformed a successful operation.the picture quality looks great. The scene where KarlHeinz Bohem sit on the left side of the screen and Lawrence Harvey on the right side ,as their character are writing history of a royal family ,played by Oscar Homolka,in the palace at the German town where the real bothers Grimm lived, exteriors were shot in the actual town, the smile box and the cleaned up image makes the sets look right .I was kind of disappointed that time Warner did not include the curtains,but, that was just a little thing. The other cinerama travelogs were owned by Cinerama ink .So they could add the curtains. The dragon scene was far more effective seen in the curve Cinerama,as the dragon went after buddy hackett,while cowardly Knight,Terry Thomas waited outside of the cave. It looks like that some of the cast ,that was in ,It's a mad,mad ,mad ,world, Showed up in this film ,including Arnold. Stang ,as Rumpelstiltskin. The overture music and intermission music was slightly different than the turner print As I said it was a real miracle that it was finally fixed. David had to go to the three strip negatives to recreate the prologue Worth seeing.03/30/22.
