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SFPF has a new DCP restoration from a newly discovered 35mm print
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About the film
The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
Director: Victor Fleming
3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro
Grapevine DVD Rip Van 1921 extras or OOP Image Entertainment DVD
Director: Frank O'Connor
Director: Raoul Walsh
Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)
New restoration by MoMA and Film Foundation https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11558 no release yet
Director: Clarence G. Badger
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Video format: DVD
AlphaVideo or Kino Lorber OOP or Grapevine OOP DVD
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Director: William C. deMille
Sources: filmforum.org (opens in a new tab)
New 4K restoration from original nitrate print, see film forum
Video format: DVD
More Romance on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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