Preservation
For many years, the original three-color Technicolor version of the film was not available for viewing, though a 16 millimeter version was available. This version had been printed (poorly) on two-color Cinecolor stock which did not accurately reproduce the colors of the original film. The smaller film stock also resulted in a grainier, inferior image.
In 1992, the UCLA Film and Television Archive restored the film, under the supervision of archivist Robert Gitt.
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