Madame Curie (1943)
Drama, Romance, History • 2h 4m
Overview
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann, Robert Walker, C. Aubrey Smith, May Whitty, Victor Francen, Elsa Bassermann, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson, Margaret O'Brien, James Hilton, Mariska Aldrich, Tony Carson, Ruth Cherrington, Ray Collins, Guy D'Ennery, George Davis, Harold De Becker, Franz Dorfler, Justine Duney, Tay Dunn, William Edmunds, Nestor Eristoff, Al Ferguson, Edward Fielding, Howard Freeman, Linda Lee Gates, Marie Louise Gates, Lisa Golm, Ilka Grüning, Lumsden Hare, Teddy Infuhr, James Kirkwood, Isabel La Mal, Gene Lockhart, Miles Mander, George Meader, Dickie Meyers, Noel Mills, Leo Mostovoy, Alan Napier, Moroni Olsen, María Pagés, Gigi Perreau, Francis Pierlot, Nita Pike, Dorothy Raye, Almira Sessions, Arthur Shields, Wyndham Standing, Ray Teal, Charles Trowbridge, Michael Visaroff, Marek Windheim, Frederick Worlock, Eustace Wyatt
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Directors: John Ford & Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Director: Clarence Brown
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Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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