Father of the Bride (1950)
Comedy, Romance, Drama • 1h 32m
Overview
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G. Carroll, Moroni Olsen, Melville Cooper, Taylor Holmes, Paul Harvey, Frank Orth, Russ Tamblyn, Tom Irish, Marietta Canty, Richard Alexander, Don Anderson, William Bailey, Fay Baker, Lucile Barnes, Oliver Blake, Lillian Bronson, Joe Brown Jr., Frank Cady, Aileen Carlyle, Carleton Carpenter, Gene Coogan, Paul Cristo, Oliver Cross, Lucille Curtis, Roy Damron, Boyd Davis, Chris Drake, Jacqueline Duval, Ella Ethridge, Estelle Etterre, Betty Farrington, Janey Fay, Charles Ferguson, Bess Flowers, Edward Gargan, Mickey Golden, Herschel Graham, William E. Greene, William Haade, Sherry Hall, Bradford Hatton, Jim Hayward, Thomas Browne Henry, Stuart Holmes, Art Howard, Frank Hyers, Walter Kelley, Ann Kunde, Peggy Leon, Beverly Luff, Billy Mahan, Thomas Martin, Paul Maxey, Mickey McCardle, Philo McCullough, Russell Meeker, Harold Miller, Patricia Miller, Roger Moore, Sol Murgi, Forbes Murray, William H. O'Brien, Gil Perkins, Ralph Peters, Lee Phelps, Dorothy Phillips, William Phillips, Frank Richards, Dewey Robinson, Fred Santley, Cosmo Sardo, Scott Seaton, Erin Selwyn, Charles Smith, Mary Jane Smith, Douglas Spencer, Harry Stanton, Larry Steers, Brick Sullivan, Floyd Taylor, Peter M. Thompson, Nancy Valentine, Wendy Waldron, Johnny Walsh, Willard Waterman, Dick Wessel, Jeff York
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Warner Archive, 2k + 4k scans
Warner Archive, 2k + 4k scans
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: John Ford
1988/1990 WB Hi-Fi VHS, crystal clear, albeit with some distortion in louder areas
The 4K Blu-ray reuses the same poor mastering used on the 2006 WB Blu-ray, only with a completely unnecessary bass cut and extra noise reduction.
Even putting resolution aside, the Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray has the best video. The old Blu-ray master and earlier DVD both had massive issues with colour.
That said, picture on the 4K Blu-ray isn't perfect, with strange posterized magenta glints and some instances of DNR: https://bsky.app/profile/dagscott.bsky.social/post/3leahavqi7k2l
Director: John Ford
1988/1990 WB Hi-Fi VHS, crystal clear, albeit with some distortion in louder areas
The 4K Blu-ray reuses the same poor mastering used on the 2006 WB Blu-ray, only with a completely unnecessary bass cut and extra noise reduction.
Even putting resolution aside, the Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray has the best video. The old Blu-ray master and earlier DVD both had massive issues with colour.
That said, picture on the 4K Blu-ray isn't perfect, with strange posterized magenta glints and some instances of DNR: https://bsky.app/profile/dagscott.bsky.social/post/3leahavqi7k2l
Director: Murray Roth
Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Director: Murray Roth
Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray
The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.
Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray
The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray from 12K scan on Aug 25th
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray from 12K scan on Aug 25th
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Director: Abel Ferrara
Director: Abel Ferrara
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Anthony Mann
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Director: Steven Shainberg
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Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Michael Gordon
Director: Michael Gordon
Director: Melville Shavelson
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 6K master from Paramount
Director: Melville Shavelson
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 6K master from Paramount
Director: Richard Bartlett
Director: Richard Bartlett
Director: H. C. Potter
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: H. C. Potter
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
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