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A Child's Impulse (1910)
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A Child's Impulse (1910)

Drama • 17m

Director: D.W. Griffith

Cast: Vivian Prescott, Mary Pickford, Charles West, Joseph Graybill, William J. Butler, Guy Hedlund, Robert Harron, Edwin August, Florence Barker, Clara T. Bracy, Verner Clarges, Edward Dillon, John T. Dillon, Gladys Egan, Dell Henderson, Henry Lehrman, George Nichols, Anthony O'Sullivan, Alfred Paget, Mack Sennett, Dorothy West

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Best video release

Unfortunately looks like got an AI upscale pass with the focus being all over the places see https://slow.pics/c/CN22JOv0

Updated 11 months ago


About the film

Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To these functions are invited the leading lights of the several professions, actors, artists, musicians, etc. Surrounded by these men and women of art and letters, she was at first entertained, but they soon palled and bored. On this evening in particular, she is especially possessed of ennui, until the appearance of Raymond Hartley, a wealthy young bachelor, who is introduced into the circle by a newspaper man. An attachment immediately springs up between the widow and Raymond.

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Film Preservation Society BD unfortunately looks like got an AI upscale pass with the focus being all over the places see https://slow.pics/c/CN22JOv0

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Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements

Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ

Director: Mark Pellington

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

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

88 Films is FiM encoded

Germany Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with AI upscaling

Director: Robert Flaherty

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Internet Archive Streaming https://archive.org/details/twentyfourdollar-island_1928

Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Silent Avant-Garde Blu-ray is even though a much better restoration, has the worst AI upscaling I've ever seen, it's almost like a cartoon https://slow.pics/c/dFdgCFgn?image-fit=contain

I would instead recommend the blurry, compressed, and cropped internet archive Streaming version https://archive.org/details/twentyfourdollar-island_1928

Director: James Cameron

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray for original cuts without the extra scene added in the re-release and AI upscaling

Newer Blu-ray/4K has the extra scene, but is poor and has excessive AI upscaling

Additional Info:

An additional scene was added to the ending of the movie in the 2022 re-release: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=493908

Director: David Lynch

Director: James Cameron

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly:

2013 MGM Blu-ray, or 4K Blu-ray if you MUST have the mono mix, 1997 Image DVD/2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix

Sources: vimeo.com (opens in a new tab) · facebook.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Capelight 4K Steelbook and Mediabook announced for 2026

Best Video:

2013 MGM Blu-ray for non AI transfer, 1997 Image DVD/2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix

Best Audio:

1991 Image Entertainment LaserDisc for the US mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for the International mono mix

Audio Notes:

Comparison between the US and International mixes: https://vimeo.com/246332731

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-Ray and the 2001 MGM DVD have exclusive extras.

TV series

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2006 UK DVD/2012 Australia DVD

Video Notes:
  • Recent Streaming versions (All 4 and Peacock) are AI upscaled

  • Peacock also removes the original ad break slides

  • The interviews and opening introductions also aren't de-interlaced properly into PAL 50fps

Director: Lam Nai-choi

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray See caps


DE Nameless 4K Blu-ray is an extremely poor AI upscale. See caps

Best Audio:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Director: Joe Alves

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: 2016 Universal Blu-ray

3D version: Universal 3D Blu-ray

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

(caveat: 3D Blu-ray has misaligned eyes)

Nick_M's 3D version is better than Universal 3D Blu-ray

Director: James Cameron

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version

35mm scan for original theatrical cut

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.

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Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

New digitized edition of MoMA’s definitive 1979 photochemical restoration, no release yet https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11556

Video Notes:

Mastered in HD from the Museum of Modern Art's 35mm restoration, with original color tints

Director: D.W. Griffith

Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray Douglas Fairbanks Lost Films Double Feature as extras

Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

MoC same Cohen 2k transfer but slightly better encoding

Directors: D.W. Griffith & Christy Cabanne

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly:

Twilight Time Blu-ray

Best Video:

Twilight Time

Video Notes:

Twilight Time > BFI >> Kino Lorber/MoC

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Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: Christy Cabanne

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: Marshall Neilan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: Fred Niblo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Sources: hometheaterforum.com (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray is a newer restoration than the previous Cohen one. From various review like Robert Harris and Damn Fool Crusade this new restoration is really good.

Director: Paul Sloane

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: William S. Hart

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Director: William S. Hart

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

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