Holiday Affair (1949)
Comedy, Romance, Drama • 1h 27m
Director: Don Hartman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Griff Barnett, Esther Dale, Henry O'Neill, Harry Morgan, Larry J. Blake, Helen Brown, Gordon Gebert, Pat Barton, Genevieve Bell, Melinda Casey, Chick Chandler, Jack Chefe, James Conaty, Yvonne Crossley, Michka Egan, George Eldredge, Louise Franklin, James Griffith, Patricia Hall, Don Hartman, Jimmy Hawkins, Mame Henderson, Billy Henry, Jimmy Hunt, Frank Johnson, Jack Kelly, Genevieve Kendall, Mike Lally, Robert Lyden, Allen Mathews, Frank Mills, Frances Morris, Philip Morris, Al Murphy, William J. O'Brien, Theodore Rand, Joey Ray, Paula Raymond, Charles Regan, Al Rhein, Sammy Shack, Carl Sklover, Bert Stevens, Harmon Stevens, Mary Stewart, Charles Sullivan
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 4 months ago
Overview
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
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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