[78-L] Dragnet Xmas Album (Was: Re: Rochester)

[Randy Watts]

A friend of mine who did some research for a project on early color television a few years back told me that Universal told him that syndication prints of this episode were black and white, even though it was filmed in color for the network airing. George Burns and Gracie Allen similarly did a color episode on CBS that was later syndicated in black and white. 
 
Randy


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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Dragnet Xmas Album (Was: Re: Rochester)

On 5/24/2012 2:48 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>
>> Of course you can get the tv episode (plus
>> 24 others) in the Madacy DVD set, if that's still around.  dl
>
> Is it in color on the DVD??  The liner notes indicate it was filmed in
> color, and the sticker on the rear of my copy which "defaces" the liner
> notes (I've downloaded and printed a photo of the rear cover so I can
> read the notes) notes that the TV show was aired Dec 24, 1953 with the
> radio airing two days EARLIER.  It is possible that it was aired in
> color that first time, but I still have to do the research, but the
> color film original probably still exists.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

Good old scratchy black and white, no sonic restoration (which is sometimes a 
good thing), some even have the later "Badge 714" titles. You oughta try it, Joe.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-dragnet/12256697

dl