The Plastic Age (1925)
Comedy, Drama • 1h 13m
Overview
Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some difficult decisions.
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Kino Lorber Blu-ray good scan but has significantly boosted contrast
Kino Lorber Blu-ray good scan but has significantly boosted contrast
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Indicator Blu-ray minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_158/mae_west_in_hollywood_1932-1943_blu-ray.htm
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Indicator Blu-ray minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_158/mae_west_in_hollywood_1932-1943_blu-ray.htm
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Clarence G. Badger
Director: Clarence G. Badger
Director: Frank O'Connor
Director: Frank O'Connor
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Kino Lorber DVD is prepared from the sole surviving 35mm nitrate print with UCLA
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Kino Lorber DVD is prepared from the sole surviving 35mm nitrate print with UCLA
Director: Roy William Neill
Director: Roy William Neill
Director: James P. Hogan
Very rough unofficial VHS rip exists online.
UCLA has complete 16mm safety print but no release or restoration yet https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/tk6osu/alma99122723506533
Director: James P. Hogan
Very rough unofficial VHS rip exists online.
UCLA has complete 16mm safety print but no release or restoration yet https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/tk6osu/alma99122723506533
Director: Alfred Santell
Incomplete tinted 35mm nitrate print held at UCLA
Reel 1 and 4 discarded due to damage and reel 6 was missing see https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/tk6osu/alma99349873506533
Director: Alfred Santell
Incomplete tinted 35mm nitrate print held at UCLA
Reel 1 and 4 discarded due to damage and reel 6 was missing see https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/tk6osu/alma99349873506533
Survived partially
UCLA has 4 of 6 reels, missing reel 4 and 5 see https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/tk6osu/alma99304733506533
Survived partially
UCLA has 4 of 6 reels, missing reel 4 and 5 see https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/tk6osu/alma99304733506533
Directors: Kathy Levitt & Christine Lesiak & Michie Gleason
UCLA Official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdp5C-kgbd0
UCLA Official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdp5C-kgbd0
Directors: Kathy Levitt & Christine Lesiak & Michie Gleason
UCLA Official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdp5C-kgbd0
UCLA Official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdp5C-kgbd0
Director: Nick Elliot
UCLA HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnNsO9KFq4
UCLA HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnNsO9KFq4
Director: Nick Elliot
UCLA HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnNsO9KFq4
UCLA HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnNsO9KFq4
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
Edit History
6/6/2026
Format
From
1080p Blu-ray
To
Only Unofficial Sources
From
1080p Blu-ray
To
Only Unofficial Sources
Best Video Release
Additional Info
Added
The complete 35mm is preserved at UCLA
Added
The complete 35mm is preserved at UCLA
2/27/2025
