Joseph Losey’s opening sequence makes the audience feel complicit in Van Heflin’s crimes in THE PROWLER (1950).

Yeah, yeah, I know it’s YOUNG AMERICA (1932), not “Young Americans,” but that doesn’t stop my brain from singing this.  Plus there’re a lot of young americans in this sweet, funny, stupid little film:

…a young Ralph Bellamy, and…

…a baby-faced Spencer Tracy. Oh, and a bunch of really cute juvenile delinquent kids. The print looked so rich and with just the right amount of shimmery contrast; the preservation team under Bob Gitt at UCLA filled in all the jumpy bits around the head and tail leaders with full audio and brief seconds of still image where the missing frames were.  A brilliantly done—and not overdone—preservation.

Le Tigre asked.  ”Misogynist?  Genius?  Alcoholic?  Messiah?” they suggested.  I’m in the misogynist camp.  But Peter Falk saves A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974), and so did this glorious print—from the original camera negative—preserved by my friend Ross at UCLA.