Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 39m
Directors: Michael Curtiz & Busby Berkeley
Cast: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, Doris Day, Oscar Levant, S.Z. Sakall, Fortunio Bonanova, Eric Blore, Franklin Pangborn, Leslie Brooks, William Bakewell, John Berkes, Avon Long, Page Cavanaugh, Sir Lancelot, John Alvin, Nestor Amaral, Carlos Barbe, Barbara Bates, Brandon Beach, María Belmar, Mary Benoit, George Boyce, Paul Bradley, Chet Brandenburg, Leonard Bremen, Kenneth Britton, Tex Brodus, Norma Brown, Robert Cabal, James Carlisle, Steve Carruthers, Wheaton Chambers, Tristram Coffin, G. Pat Collins, Gino Corrado, Oliver Cross, Frank Dae, Jay Eaton, Joe Evans, Mary Field, Bess Flowers, Charles Fogel, Phyllis Forbes, Gerry Ganzer, Joe Gilbert, Fred Godoy, Dick Gordon, Sandra Gould, Stuart Hall, Sam Harris, John Holland, Stuart Holmes, Emory Johnson, Dick Johnstone, Douglas Kennedy, Kay Koury, Otto Kruger, Louise Lane, Perk Lazelle, Ruth Lewis, King Lockwood, Leota Lorraine, Robert Locke Lorraine, Wilbur Mack, Thomas Martin, Martin Mason, Clyde McLeod, Frank McLure, Harold Miller, Ray Montgomery, George Moro, Sol Murgi, George Nardelli, George N. Neise, Maila Nurmi, Eddie Parks, Rosemary Pettit, Paul Power, Jean Ransome, Frances Rey, Larry Rio, Ramon Ros, Susanne Rosser, Edith Russell, Paul Russell, Frank J. Scannell, Scott Seaton, Cyril Smith, Owen Song, Ted Stanhope, Paul Stathes, Grady Sutton, George Suzanne, Tyra Vaughn, Janet Warren, Martin Wilkins, Victor Zimmerman
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Director: Michael Curtiz
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Michael Curtiz
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Michael Curtiz
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
(caveat: has a slight error)
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2008 WB Blu-ray (from a 2003 transfer)
(Still not great)
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: John Ford
Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Bruce Robinson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264
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.
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