Hello,

I just got a Universal DVD 2001 release region 1 of Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry" 1955.

The DVD itself and the case say the movie is 1.85:1. However, the movie completely fills the 16:9 screen which makes it 1.77:1.

It seems the movie has been cropped despite the advertising. For example, there is a shot of the no hunting sign which is cropped, you can't read the whole sign.

Has anyone else seen this issue on this movie or other movies? I checked the DVD player and it is set up for anamorphic widescreen presentation on my 16:9 TV screen.

Thanks.

-William

The difference between 1.85:1 and 1.77:1 is only 4 percent, which is less image than is lost because of overscan on most TVs (or because of overprojection in theaters).

The remastered edition in the Masterpiece Boxset is clearly 1.85:1
I can't say for sure about the old 2000 edition, but if there was a framing problem, it was fixed in the boxset.

This practice is commonplace because, as Mr. Salty notes, the difference is (relatively) minor and those responsible for home video packaging do not have absolute precision as their top priority.