Laurel & Hardy: March of the Wooden Soldiers

If you're a fan of 1930s Hollywood flicks and 3D this is a pretty good combination. It is both colorized and converted to stereoscopic 3D. The colorization is about like most other colorized movies, a bit on the pale side. The 3D conversion is good. The film transfer, however, is a bit soft; it looks more like standard definition video than HD. This could be a result of the condition of the original film, though.

I remember watching this classic every US Thanksgiving on TBS. That was then, this is now, and when i saw that you had this classic on DVD, i wanted it right away. I watch it both in B/W and in Technicolor, which thanks to DVD quality, it's a whole lot better than before. A true classic that is now mine to own, thank you.

March of the Wooden Soldiers has always been a holiday favorite of mine and thus I was saddened when the local NY stations stopped featuring the film on Thanksgiving. Interested in obtaining the best available version of the film, I first purchased the recommended Goodtimes and Passport reissues of the film. A few days later I came upon the most recently released Legend edition. On Sunday I compared the three DVDs.

No question, while I at one time might have agreed with earlier reviews claiming the Passport B&W version as the most accurate representation of the film, and the Goodtimes version as the best of the color incarnations, they both have now been blown out of the water with this latest Legend package. First, the Legend package includes both restored B&W and colorized versions of the film. In both cases the transfers are crisper, brighter, present higher detail resolution and are cleaner overall. In B&W the detail of Barnaby's coat, Stannie's legging patches and all graphics have been enhanced. The compromise might be the bit of edginess that goes along with such detail enhancement but overall its a small price to pay. As for the colorization, the detail resolution will have you marveling at a nuance in new color detail not even remotely evident in the Goodtimes edition. Second, well a better deal is just a better deal!

In short, Legend lives up to its name here. Anyone interested in slightly used Goodtimes and Passport DVDs? Please?