Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
Comedy, Romance, Drama • 1h 55m
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Albert Bassermann, Ferike Boros, Harry Shannon, Natasha Lytess, John Banner, Hans Joby, Hans Conried, Fred Niblo, Fred Aldrich, Frank Alten, Felix Basch, Brandon Beach, Walter Bonn, Ace Bragunier, Walter Byron, Gordon B. Clarke, Alexis Davidoff, Boyd Davis, Claudine De Luc, James Dime, Joseph Diskay, Carl Ekberg, Bess Flowers, Arno Frey, Hans Fuerberg, Russell Gaige, Steven Geray, Frederick Giermann, Henry Guttman, Sam Harris, Ernst Hauessermann, Dell Henderson, George Irving, Joseph Kamaryt, Manart Kippen, Nicholai Konovaloff, Adolf E. Licho, Oscar Loraine, Eric Mayne, Alex Melesh, Rudolf Myzet, Leda Nicova, Bob O'Connor, Emory Parnell, John S. Peters, Albert Petit, Otto Reichow, Bert Roach, Lionel Royce, Hans Schumm, Peter Seal, Dina Smirnova, George Sorel, Walter O. Stahl, Rudolf Steinboeck, Robert R. Stephenson, Sigfrid Tor, Gohr Van Vleck, Jacques Vanaire, Dorothy Vaughan, Henry Victor, Wilhelm von Brincken, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Hans Wollenberger
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About the film
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
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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
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
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
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
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
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Leo McCarey
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Leo McCarey
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Leo McCarey
Indicator is likely minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxsets
Director: Leo McCarey
2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray
They are using the same very old HD transfer.
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
WB 4K
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
An undeniably significant improvement from the BD yet still severely flawed. See DFIC's review.
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper
Director: Orson Welles
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WB Europe 4K Blu-ray
WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Warner Bros 2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray/ Warner Bros 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)
All foreign language tracks were pitched too low, replacement disc and Ultimate Knockout Collection disc fixed the error.
The Steelbook and UK standard edition are the same disc as the 2023 knockout collection.
Director: Sylvester Stallone
2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray Box Set
2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray Box Set > 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray
2023 disc has a brief moment where the aspect ratio changes from 1.85:1 to 1.78:1, 2024 release fixed the error
Both cuts of the movie are on the same disc and don’t appear to be seamlessly branched.
The Steelbook and UK standard edition are the same disc as the 2023 knockout collection.
Director: John G. Avildsen
Warner Bros 2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray/ Warner Bros 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)
Original Mono: Ultimate Knockout Collection/Knockout Collection replacement disc
Original Mono: Ultimate Knockout Collection/Knockout Collection replacement disc > Knockout collection original.
The Mono mix on the initial release of the Knockout Collection is a stereo fold-down of the 5.1, it also has a missing piano cue. The replacement disc and the ultimate knockout version fixed the error.
The Steelbook and UK standard edition is the same disc as the 2023 knockout collection.
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Warner Bros 2024 Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray/ Warner Bros 2023 Knockout Collection 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)
Original Knockout Collection release had its 5.1 mix pitched too low, replacement disc and Ultimate Knockout Collection fixed the error.
The Steelbook and UK standard edition are the same disc as the 2023 knockout collection.
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