Gypsy (1962)
Comedy, Drama, Music • 2h 23m
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Parley Baer, Harry Shannon, Morgan Brittany, Ann Jillian, Diane Pace, Faith Dane, Roxanne Arlen, Jean Willes, Ben Lessey, George Petrie, Guy Raymond, Louis Quinn, Trudi Ames, Renee Aubry, Walter Bacon, Josette Banzet, John Barton, Jack Benny, Arthur Berkeley, Gail Bonney, Chet Brandenburg, Bella Bruck, Steve Carruthers, Shirley Chandler, Dick Cherney, Dina Claire, Mike Cody, Paul Cristo, Oliver Cross, Fred Curt, Russell Custer, Jules Davis, Marcel De La Brosse, William Fawcett, Dick Foster, Eddie Foster, Raoul Freeman, Ben Frommer, Kenneth Gibson, Bobby Gilbert, H.W. Gim, Herschel Graham, Ralph Hart, James Hibbard, Teri Hope, Jimmie Horan, Thomas E. Jackson, Michael Jeffers, Dee Ann Johnston, Frances Karath, Harvey Karels, Kenner G. Kemp, Lisa Kirk, Harvey Korman, Joseph La Cava, Richard LaMarr, Carl M. Leviness, Dawn Little Sky, Danny Lockin, King Lockwood, Robert Lyons, Jeff Malloy, John Marlin, Paula Martin, Mathew McCue, William Meader, Bert Michaels, Harold Miller, James Millhollin, John Moloney, Mike Morelli, Sol Murgi, George Nardelli, Cubby O'Brien, William H. O'Brien, Renee Paul, John Pedrini, Adelina Pedroza, Jeff Pevney, Robert Piper, Ray Pourchot, Beulah Quo, Fred Rapport, Waclaw Rekwart, Robert Richards, Lois Roberts, Cleo Ronson, Clark Ross, Pearl Shear, Hazel Shermet, Norman Stevans, Jule Styne, Frank Sully, Hal Taggart, Julie Thompson, Ian Tucker, Herb Vigran, Bo Wagner, Rusty Wescoatt, Harry Wilson, Dick Winslow, Clint Young, John Zimeas
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About the film
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
- Alternative Titles
- Gypsy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Elaine May
Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray > MoC > Olive Films. From nicolas:
The master is good but it’s not that big an upgrade from the Olive Films disc and Vinegar Syndrome’ encode has some blocky highlights. A shame that they didn’t hire David Mackenzie here.
Cinématographe has unnecessary noise gating not present on the previous releases.
Director: Buster Keaton
Kino Lorber new Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray?
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MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027
Lobster Films (Kino Lorber?) > Cohen/Eureka https://slow.pics/c/3KWXoMyR The new Kino Lorber's Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. might be using the same restoration as Lobster Films
Director: Billy Wilder
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(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)
Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.
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