La condesa de Monte Cristo

When this film was released to the public, the movie theaters were using carbon arc lamps of copper rods the light was very strong and bright and the nitrate film prints looked amazing! Almost 3-D! 35mm films projected in this was had so many advantages that even today with all of our digital technologies - nothing can compare. So when 16mm prints of this film were made, and since the film was shot in dark images, they look very dark and the lamp in a 16mm projector can't accommodate these very dark scenes like the arc lamps. Still worse showings on TV and video and DVD the film in the dark scenes look even worse! We projected an old 16mm print made in 1948, and the print suffered from "Arc Burn" or "Sun Burn" which causes an effect that looks like each frame of film was embossed! No effect on the screen and the print held focus perfectly. This means that the 16mm print we bought was used on a 16mm projector equipped with an arc lamp. Most likely the Navy or Army used this old exchange print. Sadly who knows if 35mm nitrate cut negative still exists? But I give it ten stars just for Eva Gabor, since my old boss and dear friend Richard L. Bare directed her in the Green Acres TV series. This was Eva's seventh screen credit! She was so young! And of course Lenore Aubert, who doesn't love a sexy woman holding a sword! Tan ta ra, cries Mars on bloody rapier! See it on a film print if you can!