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Street Scene (1931)
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Street Scene (1931)

Drama, Romance • 1h 18m

Director: King Vidor

Best English-friendly & video release

VCI Blu-ray, 4K resto

Updated 1 year ago


About the film

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.

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Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Marion Gering

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal DVD

Upcoming Release:

Universal Blu-ray Nov 10th

Directors: Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK MoC Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

MoC Blu-ray offers both restored and an unrestored tracks

Director: Edgar Selwyn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration

Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements

Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ

Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset Blu-ray

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Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 4K restoration

Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber vs France Carlotta vs Germany Blu-ray ?

Best Video:

Kino Lorber US, and other Germany and France Blu-ray

Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Director: Maurice Tourneur

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

VCI Blu-ray Dec 15th

Director: James Kirkwood

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

VCI Blu-ray Dec 15th

Director: René Cardona

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Director: Wallace Fox

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Director: Robert F. Hill

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Director: William Dieterle

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

VCI Blu-ray Sep 22nd

Director: Luis Buñuel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US VCI Blu-ray or UK Second Run Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

US VCI Blu-ray or UK Second Run Blu-ray share the same 4K restoration transfer and look essentially the same see caps

Best Audio:

2001 R2 Films Sans Frontières DVD

Director: Rudolph Maté

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Film Noir Classics Double Feature Blu-ray

Director: William Beaudine

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison but the VCI Blu-ray is a newer 4K scan while the OOP Milestone Blu-ray is an HD scan

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