I found out tonight I'll be receiving a review copy next week of the THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT box set in Blu-ray. What a treat to see the films again in high definition!
In preparation for that, I watched the sDVD of the first film THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT tonight.
I'm guessing when I got the set, I didn't watch this one (or Part Two; probably went right to part III), because I was VERY surprised that aspect ratios had been toyed with in these clips! (Have we ever talked about this before in regard to this movie on DVD?)
Almost every big extravaganza number from an old Academy ratio film had been zoomed in to make it widescreen: "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," the entire SHOW BOAT sequence, "The Varsity Drag," most of the "Broadway Ballet" finale, most of the "American in Paris" ballet.
I couldn't believe it! Made the compositions really weird looking. Now, I'm very curious to see if the Blu-ray version does this.