Mr. Scoutmaster

A Gem!
I had never heard of this movie with Clifton Webb before but stumbled across it here on Amazon. Im so glad i decided to give it a try. Its a wonderful movie with a great cast and a lot of laughs. Cliften Webb was one of the greatest character actors of all time. I recommend this movie highly.

Clifton Webb is always funny.
Clifton Webb is always funny as the persnickity, perfidious, arrogant snob. Good for lots of laughs and family fun.

Fun movie, poor film copy or dvd transfer
I'm a fan of Clifton Webb the comedies, especially the Belvedere movies, and Mr. Scoutmaster (where he plays a similar character). FOX's recent made-on-demand release of "Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell" looks fine and I recommend it. However, the copy of "Mr. Scoutmaster" is dark and grainy - literally swimming in grain. Actors look like they have freckles or liver spots crawling over them. Maybe it's made worse watching through a bluray player, but I was using standard connections, not HDMI. The picture is probably dark because the recording black level was affected by the grain - as if grain was part of the movie itself. I do NOT recommend this dvd at all, and wish there was a way to communicate to FOX that they need a better source copy. I imagine they have one- in comparison, I have an old AMC recording which doesnt appear to have any grain.

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