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The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
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The Reluctant Debutante (1958)

Comedy, Romance • 1h 34m

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Cast: Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, John Saxon, Sandra Dee, Angela Lansbury, Peter Myers, Diane Clare, Sheila Raynor, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Henri Guégan, René Aranda, Georges Billy, Jean-Paul Blonday, Pierre Vaudier, Charles Cullum, Roger LaVern, Carl Jablonski, Michel Thomas

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago

Overview

While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

Release details

Length
94 mins
Type
Movie
Alternative Titles
The Reluctant Debutante

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Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray, Musicals 4-Movie Collection

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive, 2k + 4k scans

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Director: Garson Kanin

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Only Streaming has 1080p

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: George W. Hill

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan

Director: Jacques Tourneur

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Director: Ray Enright

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: George B. Seitz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive Blu-ray in October

More Comedy on Blu-ray

Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray

Director: Ralph Bakshi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Germany Ascot Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Tentative alternative is US Xenon DVD

Director: Tommy O'Haver

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

OOP Canada Alliance Blu-ray

Video Notes:

International Blu-ray releases from Lionsgate/Paramount plaster the Miramax logo, cutting some scenes and the unique logo transition for the film.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264

Video Notes:

Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.

Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Satyajit Ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode

Best Audio:

1994 LaserDisc (marginally)

Director: Terry Jones

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

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray; caps

Additional Info:

The Criterion BD, which is sold separately, has a clunky encode unlike the Criterion UHD, even if it plays better in motion than the caps would suggest. Still, provided you're equipped to play 4K discs, UHD or bust for this one. https://slow.pics/c/hmDYlKgE

Director: Paul Leni

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical/Original A negative: MoC Blu-ray

European C/D negative but better picture quality: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

From DVDBeaver: The MoC Blu-ray is scanned from the American A negative, as opposed to the European C or D negatives used by Photoplay and others (Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray), so it is identical with the film US audiences saw in 1927

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In addition, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has sepia tinting throughout while the MoC Blu-ray has yellow for normal scenes, blue for night scenes, and some even green tintings.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2025 Discotek US Blu-ray SteelBook

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray is denoised

The 2025 SteelBook uses the same transfer as the 2014 Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray and 2015 Discotek US Blu-ray but with better white balance.

Best Audio:

Japan: 1995 Japan LaserDisc 

English: 2012 UK Blu-ray

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