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Young and Innocent/The Man Who Knew Too Much
Whirlwind // Unrated // July 25, 2000
List Price: $19.95 [Buy now and save at Amazon]
"Young And Innocent" tells the tale of an actress, murdered by a jealous ex-husband, whose body is found shortly thereafter by a writer (and lover) who runs to call the police. However, his haste to call the police is misinterpreted as fleeing from a crime scene, and Robert quickly finds himself faced with a murder charge as he searches valiantly to uncover the true identity of the culprit. "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (later remade by Hitchcock himself) features a couple who unwittinly become aware of an assassination plot while on vacation, and to silence them, a group of spies kidnap their daughter. Both films are revered among Hitchcock fans and make quite a nice double feature together...
Video: Both films are presented in their original full-frame form, and both appear as if they were mastered from unrestored public domain materials. Both "Young And Innocent" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" have a fair amount of dust and such in the image, although to a far less degree than other films in the Europa Theatre series. "Young And Innocent" looks as if it were mastered from a VHS copy though. I'm not really sure how to describe it exactly, but it's just an inescapable feeling I have... The image seems overly soft as well at times on "Young And Innocent", although "The Man Who Knew Too Much" is nice and sharp.
Audio: Both films sound pretty nice for 60-plus year-old mono films. There is occassional crackling, but never to the point of distraction.
Supplements: No supplements related to either film are included, although an old cartoon ("Prest-O Change-O") and a surprisingly-well-preserved newsreel from the time are included as part of the double feature. A nice booklet is included with the disc as well.
Conclusion: Both "Young And Innocent" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" are spectacular films, and the versions presented on this disc are quite watchable. Seeing as how there are no significantly better versions of these films currently available on DVD, I do recommend this double-feature disc, although the $20 retail price seems a bit too high for two public domain films.
Video: Both films are presented in their original full-frame form, and both appear as if they were mastered from unrestored public domain materials. Both "Young And Innocent" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" have a fair amount of dust and such in the image, although to a far less degree than other films in the Europa Theatre series. "Young And Innocent" looks as if it were mastered from a VHS copy though. I'm not really sure how to describe it exactly, but it's just an inescapable feeling I have... The image seems overly soft as well at times on "Young And Innocent", although "The Man Who Knew Too Much" is nice and sharp.
Audio: Both films sound pretty nice for 60-plus year-old mono films. There is occassional crackling, but never to the point of distraction.
Supplements: No supplements related to either film are included, although an old cartoon ("Prest-O Change-O") and a surprisingly-well-preserved newsreel from the time are included as part of the double feature. A nice booklet is included with the disc as well.
Conclusion: Both "Young And Innocent" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" are spectacular films, and the versions presented on this disc are quite watchable. Seeing as how there are no significantly better versions of these films currently available on DVD, I do recommend this double-feature disc, although the $20 retail price seems a bit too high for two public domain films.
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