I Married a Witch (1942)
Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Horror • 1h 14m
Overview
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
Director: René Clair
Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Warwick, Georgia Backus, Charles Bates, Brooks Benedict, Billy Bevan, Edward Biby, Marie Blake, Monte Blue, Aldrich Bowker, Al Bridge, Nora Cecil, Ann Carter, Chester Conklin, Gordon De Main, Emma Dunn, Ralph Dunn, Mary Field, Bess Flowers, Joe Gilbert, Florence Gill, Robert Greig, Eily Malyon, Charles R. Moore, Viola Moore, Emory Parnell, Helen St. Rayner, John Alban, Beverly Andre, Billy Bletcher, Wade Boteler, Eddy Chandler, Georgie Cooper, Gino Corrado, Jack Deery, Frank Elliott, Franklyn Farnum, Jack Gardner, George Guhl, William Haade, Reed Hadley, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Robert Homans, Esther Howard, Arthur Stuart Hull, Donivee Lee, Peter Leeds, Jack Luden, Renny McEvoy, David McKim, James Millican, Frank Mills, Edmund Mortimer, Ralph Peters, Gerald Pierce, Mickey Rentschler, Cyril Ring, Ronald R. Rondell, Loretta Russell, Kathryn Sheldon, Ernest Shields, Lee Shumway, Bert Stevens, Amzie Strickland, Harry Tyler, Dan White
Director: Richard Wallace
Director: Richard Wallace
Director: Will Jason
Unofficial Streaming
Director: Will Jason
Unofficial Streaming
Director: Edward Buzzell
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD.
Also available on SD Streaming
Director: Edward Buzzell
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD.
Also available on SD Streaming
Director: Howard Hawks
Warner Archive DVD. Also available on Amazon Streaming in SD
Director: Howard Hawks
Warner Archive DVD. Also available on Amazon Streaming in SD
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Director: Garson Kanin
Director: Garson Kanin
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Richard Thorpe
Director: Richard Thorpe
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray are both MP2 encoded, most likely from the same master. Judging from the size and the caps from DVDBeaver or BR for VCI or caps-a-holic for Filmjuwelen, they are probably very similar.
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray are both MP2 encoded, most likely from the same master. Judging from the size and the caps from DVDBeaver or BR for VCI or caps-a-holic for Filmjuwelen, they are probably very similar.
Director: René Clair
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Director: René Clair
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
The latest and best restoration from official screencaps are from Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival + Cinémathèque Française https://silentfilm.org/preservation/the-italian-straw-hat/ which is from Original Camera Negative and original France title negative. Janus seems to have acquired the rights https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2259 The Grapevine Blu-ray (including their updated 2K transfer) or the Flicker Alley DVD might be the ones referred in the above Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival as "US viewers have had to be satisfied with either the alternate version that was released in the United States in 1931, or hybrids that supplement the US version with additional footage"
Director: René Clair
The latest and best restoration from official screencaps are from Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival + Cinémathèque Française https://silentfilm.org/preservation/the-italian-straw-hat/ which is from Original Camera Negative and original France title negative. Janus seems to have acquired the rights https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2259 The Grapevine Blu-ray (including their updated 2K transfer) or the Flicker Alley DVD might be the ones referred in the above Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival as "US viewers have had to be satisfied with either the alternate version that was released in the United States in 1931, or hybrids that supplement the US version with additional footage"
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
No home release, BFI has 35mm print
Director: René Clair
No home release, BFI has 35mm print
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
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: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
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