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>>585065
>tl;dr we were confined by the limitations of 1920s technology for many, many decades
I wish that were the case, less than actually since those films were shot on some pretty nice stock. Old 1920s films were effectively HD, and it wouldn't be until many decades later that everyone else got to see it.
This is from a 1923 film 'Our Hospitality' released on bluray. Sometime between the 20s and the 40s there was a jump and the quality of film stock got far better. But even with this lower quality film it's easy to see how it's a step up above the standard broadcast quality we've gotten on SDTVs, VHS and DVDs. Not quite bluray hd, but by the 40s they had at a least a few really good quality ones, casablanca looks amazing on bluray.