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Clips of I Married a Witch have been posted to Vimeo to show image condition. Please follow the link above.

The following is a description of six clips that show examples of wear, dirt, deterioration and the quality of the primary and secondary source materials for the restoration of I Married a Witch. All source elements were scanned at 4K 10-bit DPX by the Library’s Motion Picture Laboratory on a Scanity 4K HDR scanner.

The primary source for this restoration are scans made from a 35mm safety fine grain master photochemically produced by the Library’s Motion Picture Laboratory in 2014, using wet-gate printing, directly off the surviving 35mm original surviving camera negative reels 1-7 and reel 8 from a 35mm nitrate composite duplicate negative. When possible, the scans from the 35mm nitrate camera negative can be used if deemed to be of superior quality to the 2014 fine grain.

Reel 8 of the 35mm nitrate camera negative (OCN) and subsequent 2014 35mm safety fine grain master do not exist due to severe nitrate deterioration of the OCN it does not survive.

Most of the 2014 35mm safety fine grain master is in good condition with average wear built in from the

35mm camera negative. See Clip #1 for example of average wear found through most reels and Clip #2 of an example of an optical dissolve in the 2014 fine grain master. Wet-gate production of the 2014 fine grain mitigates most scratches visible on the base side of the OCN.

There are some areas in the 2014 35mm safety fine grain master where a secondary source is required to replace certain shots/sequences that contain severe damage/tears or nitrate deterioration compromises the image quality in the 2014 fine grain enough that using a secondary source is required.

The secondary source material to be used for the restoration are:

35mm nitrate composite duplicate negative (Dupont stock, date unknown, incomplete, the four surviving reels include 3-5, 8). See examples of this source in Clip #5 and Clip #6.

35mm safety composite fine grain master (Gevaert stock, date unknown, complete reels 1-8).

See examples of this source in Clip #3 and Clip #4.

The nitrate composite duplicate negative is superior in image quality to the Gevaert 35mm safety composite fine grain master. Therefore, the 35mm nitrate composite duplicate negative is the best source to use to replace damaged/deteriorated sections of the 2014 35mm fine grain master. However, since the 35mm nitrate composite duplicate negative is incomplete, there will be instances where using the Gavaert 35mm safety composite fine grain master is necessary.

The clips in summary:

Note: All clips were made from the non-graded/raw 4K scans

Clip #1 – Representation of average wear found through most reels of the 2014 35mm fine grain master.

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Clip #2 – Representation of an optical transition in the 2014 35mm fine grain master.

Clip #3 – Representation of a sequence from the Gevaert 35mm safety composite fine grain master to replace severe deterioration built into the 2014 35mm fine grain master. This sequence does not exist in the 35mm nitrate duplicate negative.

Clip #4 – Representation of a sequence from the Gevaert 35mm safety composite fine grain master to replace severe deterioration built into the 2014 35mm fine grain master. This sequence does not exist in the 35mm nitrate duplicate negative.

Clip #5 – Representation of average wear found through most of reel 8 of the 35mm nitrate duplicate negative.

Clip #6 – Representation of a sequence in reel 8 of the 35mm nitrate duplicate negative that contains a tear and transition to a different stock type.