It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Comedy, Romance, Crime, Mystery • 1h 26m
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton, Frances Drake, Edgar Kennedy, Ernest Truex, Richard Carle, Cecilia Callejo, Sidney Blackmer, Andy Clyde, Cliff Clark, Cecil Cunningham, Leonard Kibrick, Hans Conried, Grady Sutton, Lowden Adams, Murray Alper, Monya Andre, Lulu Mae Bohrman, Harry Burns, George Chandler, Frank Coghlan Jr., Hal Cooke, Maurice Costello, Rae Daggett, Edgar Dearing, John Dilson, Peter Du Rey, Rex Evans, Frank Faylen, Jack Gardner, Tom Hanlon, Harold Hoff, Mike Lally, W.E. Lawrence, Wally Maher, Fay McKenzie, Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart, George Meeker, Harold Miller, Alberto Morin, Philip Morris, Jack Mulhall, Louis Natheaux, Jack Raymond, Mary Louise Smith, William Tannen, Phillip Terry, Monte Vandergrift, Ray Walker
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About the film
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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StudioCanal 4K
Director: Preston Sturges
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Indicator Blu-ray > 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
4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: George Pal
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
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