Merrily We Live (1938)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 35m
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Patsy Kelly, Ann Dvorak, Tom Brown, Clarence Kolb, Bonita Granville, Marjorie Rambeau, Phillip Reed, Willie Best, Paul Everton, Marjorie Kane, Pat Flaherty, Sam Flint, Sarah Edwards, Kenneth Harlan, Wilma Cox, Olin Howland, Thomas Pogue, Sidney Bracey, Eddie Hart, Ray Mayer
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 5 months ago
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Potentially new restoration UCLA premiere
Overview
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K
Director: Preston Sturges
Director: Jack Conway
Video format: HD Streaming
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
> 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
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
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
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
ClassicFlix Fleischer Cartoons: Greatest Hits, Volume 1 Blu-ray
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Also available in official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3urxyp4wEgw
Director: Robert F. McGowan
ClassicFlix The Little Rascals Volume 2 Blu-ray
Director: Frank Capra
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
ClassicFlix Blu-ray is using the same source and is superior to Youtube 4K Streaming
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