It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Music, Comedy, Romance • 1h 42m
Overview
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Directors: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray, David Burns, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Maxey, Almira Sessions, Madge Blake, Hal March, Herb Vigran, Lou Lubin, Leoda Richards, Frank Nelson, June Foray, Colin Kenny, Forbes Murray, William H. O'Brien, Cosmo Sardo, Jeffrey Sayre, Steve Mitchell, Dick Gordon, Herschel Graham, Betty Arlen, Phil Arnold, Sybil Bacon, Walter Bacon, Al Bain, Jimmy Baird, Tom Bernard, Willie Bloom, Eugene Borden, Sven Hugo Borg, John Breen, Ralph Brooks, Paul Bryar, Benny Burt, Steve Carruthers, James J. Casino, Dick Cherney, Beulah Christian, John Cliff, Betty Comden, Bing Conley, Jud Conlon, Gene Coogan, Don Crichton, Russell Custer, Linda Danson, Tony Dante, Gary Diamond, Dan Dowling, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Marietta Elliott, Bill Filippo, Duke Fishman, George Ford, Alex Gerry, Frank Gerstle, Kenneth Gibson, James Gonzalez, Sol Gorss, Robert Haines, Stuart Holmes, Jimmie Horan, Shep Houghton, John Indrisano, Johnny Kern, Donald Kerr, Henry Kulky, Richard LaMarr, Luana Lee, Peter Leeds, Herbert Lytton, John Marlin, Nancy Matthews, Bert May, Frank Mitchell, Mike Morelli, Charles Morton, Ben Moselle, Barry Norton, Monty O'Grady, Charles Owens, Christian Pasques, Foster H. Phinney, Gerald Pierce, Murray Pollack, Pope Pius XII, Fred Rapport, Thurl Ravenscroft, Carol Richards, Suzanne Ridgway, Bernard Sell, Sammy Shack, Jeanne Shores, Dick Simmons, Carl Sklover, Ralph Smiley, J. Lewis Smith, Cap Somers, Norman Stevans, Gloria Stone, Charles Sullivan, Hal Taggart, Jack Stewart Taylor, Harry S. Truman, Renata Vanni, Tito Vuolo, Fred Walton, Jeri Weil, Harry Wilson, Terry Wilson, Wilson Wood, Rodney Bieber
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps comparing UHD vs BD: https://slow.pics/c/IVNrYoYW
For older Blu-ray: Criterion Blu-ray > Universal Blu-ray with slightly worse encoding > Japan Paramount or UK Park Circus Blu-ray with significantly flatter contrast (possibly Quicktime Gamma Bug?) see caps
Director: Stanley Donen
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps comparing UHD vs BD: https://slow.pics/c/IVNrYoYW
For older Blu-ray: Criterion Blu-ray > Universal Blu-ray with slightly worse encoding > Japan Paramount or UK Park Circus Blu-ray with significantly flatter contrast (possibly Quicktime Gamma Bug?) see caps
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS: Detailed and natural.
2008 R1 Warner Bros DVD - Frank Sinatra Collection: More muffled due to noise reduction.
2015 Warner Bros Blu-ray: Like the DVD but with a treble boost. Also a lossy transcode.
Full review from blah-ray
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS: Detailed and natural.
2008 R1 Warner Bros DVD - Frank Sinatra Collection: More muffled due to noise reduction.
2015 Warner Bros Blu-ray: Like the DVD but with a treble boost. Also a lossy transcode.
Full review from blah-ray
Directors: Stanley Donen & George Abbott
Directors: Stanley Donen & George Abbott
Directors: George Abbott & Stanley Donen
Directors: George Abbott & Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: William Dieterle
Director: William Dieterle
Director: Jack Conway
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
HBO Max HD Streaming
Director: Jack Conway
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
HBO Max HD Streaming
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: László Kardos
Director: László Kardos
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Irving Reis
Director: Irving Reis
More Music on Blu-ray
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Robert Budreau
Director: Robert Budreau
Carlotta FR Blu-ray box set: 2K restoration of 4K scan. This 2K restoration’s detail level is quite good, although its highlights are somewhat blown out. On the other hand, the newer 4K restoration (on DCP only as of Aug 2026) exhibits severe black crush.
TBD. Carlotta sounds muffled.
Carlotta’s English subtitles omit quite a bit of dialog. This was improved upon in the subs accompanying the newer 4K restoration DCP.
Carlotta FR Blu-ray box set: 2K restoration of 4K scan. This 2K restoration’s detail level is quite good, although its highlights are somewhat blown out. On the other hand, the newer 4K restoration (on DCP only as of Aug 2026) exhibits severe black crush.
TBD. Carlotta sounds muffled.
Carlotta’s English subtitles omit quite a bit of dialog. This was improved upon in the subs accompanying the newer 4K restoration DCP.
Director: Martin Scorsese
MVD 4K Blu-ray see caps but it has the encoding error with the dropped frames
Director: Martin Scorsese
MVD 4K Blu-ray see caps but it has the encoding error with the dropped frames
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