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Brent Reid

Brent Reid

I started Brenton Film because I love film – quelle surprise! The silent era, 1930s and 1940s especially get my literary juices flowing, so you'll see a lot about those. For more, see the About page and read this before emailing.

  • Missing Original Audio: Remixed and Suppressed Classic Film Soundtracks

    by Brent Reid 6th August 2026

    Sounding off: the hidden scandal of revisionist movie audio makeovers Travesty: all have missing or replaced dialogue, music and sound effects Defective: changes are often unintentional but seldom, if ever, …

  • Cecil B. DeMille Collectors Guide: The Ten Commandments (1956), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 4th August 2026

    Soundtrack Famed composer Elmer Bernstein’s iconic score is one for the ages His majestic, traditionally-inflected music has stood the test of time Much-reissued over the years but there’s just one …

  • Cecil B. DeMille Collectors Guide: The Ten Commandments (1956)

    by Brent Reid 4th August 2026

    One of the most reissued films ever made, both theatrically and on home video But its original, Oscar-nominated sound design hasn’t been heard since the 1970s Audio that helped make …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: The Ten Commandments (1956)

    by Brent Reid 4th August 2026

    Risen again: über producer-director first dramatised Bible’s Book of Exodus in 1923 His own remake succeeded in topping the spectacular silent version in every respect God is in the detail: …

  • Writing on a Classic: The Ten Commandments (1956)

    by Brent Reid 4th August 2026

    Timeless biblical epic that cemented Charlton Heston’s iconic status Co-starred Yul Brynner, hot off his Oscar-winning turn in The King and I One of its seven Academy Award nominations was …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: To Catch a Thief (1955), Part 4

    by Brent Reid 10th June 2026

    2020s revisions Lifeless sentence: latest “restoration” badly botched on Blu-ray, streaming and DCP Posthumous: five decades after the director’s death, film now has unsound audio It’s been unjustly condemned to …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: To Catch a Thief (1955), Part 3

    by Brent Reid 10th June 2026

    Home video French fancy flaunts many permutations on home video, with five separate transfers… …three of four distinct English-language soundtracks and seven international dubs But original director-approved mono audio is …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: To Catch a Thief (1955), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 10th June 2026

    Soundtrack and audio mixes Composer Lyn Murray’s lush music available in several partial re-recordings But only one rare, limited edition release contains his entire original score Owners Paramount have judged …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: To Catch a Thief (1955)

    by Brent Reid 10th June 2026

    Catch as catch can: the hand on the collar above the rooftops of Nice High-class burglary caper sees idle rich being fleeced on the Côte d’Azur Cary Grant is another …

  • Writing on a Classic: To Catch a Thief (1955)

    by Brent Reid 10th June 2026

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock classic is Master of Suspense at his most playful Charming soirée on the French Riviera sees a man wrongly accused Cary Grant …

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