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Too Many Husbands (1940)
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Too Many Husbands (1940)

Comedy, Romance • 1h 21m

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Cast: Fred MacMurray, Jean Arthur, Melvyn Douglas, Dorothy Peterson, Melville Cooper, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Davenport, William Brisbane, James Conaty, Carl M. Leviness, Sam McDaniel, Frank McLure, James Millican, Larry Steers, Bert Stevens, Jacques Vanaire, Billy Wayne, Dave Willock

Best video release

R1 Sony DVD (Icons of Screwball Comedy Vol 1)

Updated 1 year ago


About the film

Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.

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My Two Husbands

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Director: Leo McCarey

Best Video & English-Friendly:

2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Blu-ray with new 4K restoration

Video Notes:

They are using the same very old HD transfer.

Director: Jack Conway

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

Director: Garson Kanin

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Only Streaming has 1080p

Director: Howard Hawks

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

StudioCanal 4K

Best Audio:

2005 WB DVD

Audio Notes:

2005 WB DVD > Criterion Blu-ray > StudioCanal Blu-ray. Maybe 1998 LaserDisc better? See Blah-Ray

Director: Preston Sturges

Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion Blu-ray, not sure about France Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(Arrow Blu-ray better than Criterion)

Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

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: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

1986 MGM LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

1987 VHS probably even better

Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

Universal DVD

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Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray good scan but has significantly boosted contrast

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

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Director: János Zsombolyai

4K · Disappointing
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony Music 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

AI upscale but color and HDR grading is improved as it's way more subdued see caps

Director: John G. Avildsen

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony boxset or 2024 VHS packaging 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Sony boxsets or 2024 VHS packaging has Dolby Vision, 2019 Sony 4K Blu-ray is HDR10 only.

Best Audio:

Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray (any) 

5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray 

Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray (any)

Director: Tom Holland

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Eureka Blu-ray's stereo or LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

sounds better than the Sony 4K Blu-ray , https://slow.pics/c/pJfES0fl

Additional Info:

Twilight Time has an isolated score

TV series

Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

US Sony or JP Aniplex Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Blu-ray version is an extended cut that has an exclusive scene and turns the 5-episode miniseries into a seamless feature film.

Final episode is age-restricted on YouTube, despite receiving a PG rating in Canada and a 12 rating in Germany.

Director: Frank Oz

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Director: Dennis Hopper

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony UK 4K Blu-ray

Director: Roland Emmerich

4K · Solid
Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Director: David Lean

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The 5.1 on Sony 4K Blu-ray is from the 1989 70mm mix. The original is 4-track. not on the disc.

Director: John G. Avildsen

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray 

5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray 

Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray 

Director: John G. Avildsen

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray 

5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray 

Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray 

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