Topper (1937)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • 1h 37m
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper, Virginia Sale, Theodore von Eltz, J. Farrell MacDonald, Elaine Shepard, Doodles Weaver, Si Jenks, Irving Bacon, Lionel Belmore, Clem Bevans, Betty Blythe, Ward Bond, Hoagy Carmichael, Claire Du Brey, Bess Flowers, Pat Gleason, Kenneth Harlan, Grace Hayle, George Humbert, Syd Saylor, Martha Tilton, Lana Turner, Russell Wade, Ruth Warren, Claire Windsor, Ernie Alexander, Marvin Bailey, Davison Clark, Dona Dax, Vince Degen, Eddie Fetherston, Tom Herbert, Shep Houghton, William Irving, Eddie Kane, Harold Miller, Frank O'Connor, Bill Seckler, Walter Walker, Billy Wayne, Harry Wilson, Harry Adams, Marie Barde, Ralph Brooks, James Carlisle, Eddy Chandler, Dick Cherney, Dorothy Christy, Lester Dorr, Tom Ferrandini, Sam Flint, Kay Garrett, Anita Garvin, Dick Gordon, Herschel Graham, Robert Haines, Max Hoffman Jr., Sheldon Jett, Crauford Kent, Carl M. Leviness, Leota Lorraine, Jack Mulhall, Jack Perry, Alexander Pollard, Jack Raymond, Cyril Ring, Art Rowlands, Scott Seaton, Eric Wilton
Overview
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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StudioCanal 4K
Director: Preston Sturges
Director: Jack Conway
Video format: HD Streaming
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
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> Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver
Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution
Director: Gregory La Cava
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Although there's a bit of aggressive grain management see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=15853770&postcount=43
Germany Koch Media DVD has exclusive extras
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)
Potentially new restoration UCLA premiere
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
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