Bombshell (1933)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 36m
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Una Merkel, Ted Healy, Ivan Lebedeff, Isabel Jewell, Louise Beavers, Leonard Carey, Mary Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, June Brewster, Minerva Urecal, Dorothy DeBorba, Grace Hayle, Martha Sleeper, Gus Arnheim, Hooper Atchley, Ed Brady, Don Brodie, James Burke, Primo Carnera, Billy Dooley, Ben Erway, Edward Gargan, Harrison Greene, Ethel Griffies, Tenen Holtz, Kenner G. Kemp, Donald Kerr, Wilbur Mack, Philo McCullough, Greta Meyer, Miki Morita, Philip Morris, Louis Natheaux, William Newell, Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Power, Shirley Ross, Leonard Sillman, Dale Van Sickel, Morgan Wallace, Kathrin Clare Ward, Ruth Warren, Allen Wood
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Best English-friendly & video release · updated 1 year ago
Overview
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Director: Leo McCarey
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
> Germany Wicked Vision Blu-ray > US Flicker Alley Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
Director: John Ford
Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Frank Capra
Director: William Dieterle
Director: David Butler
Video format: Only Unofficial Sources
Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
The DVD isn't an official one, and according to a user review on Amazon:
This DVD comes from Archive.org, where the movie can be viewed for free. The original source, comes from the Fox Movie Channel
Director: Victor Fleming
3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro
Director: Victor Fleming
Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)
SFPF has a new DCP restoration from a newly discovered 35mm print
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Bruce Robinson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
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