Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
Drama • 1h 12m
Overview
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, Glenda Farrell, Thelma Todd, Harold Huber, Una O'Connor, Charles C. Wilson, Hobart Cavanaugh, George Cooper, John Marston, Christian Rub, Walter Walker, Joseph E. Bernard, André Cheron, Cora Sue Collins, Edward Gargan, Chuck Hamilton, Theresa Harris, Grace Hayle, Ann Hovey, Lloyd Ingraham, Milton Kibbee, Wilfred Lucas, Wallace MacDonald, Reginald Mason, Sidney Miller, Harry Myers, Henry Otho, Inez Palange, Lee Phelps, Constantine Romanoff, Harry Seymour, Jane Withers
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray
Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray
Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a VistaVision remaster, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray's new Atmos is based on the original tracks and the mono is said to be excellent
Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a VistaVision remaster, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray's new Atmos is based on the original tracks and the mono is said to be excellent
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: 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
Director: Michael Cimino
Director: Michael Cimino
Director: John Ford
The audio on the Warner Archive Blu-ray is appalling. It starts to cutoff at around 6kHz to have nothing above 10kHz. The LaserDisc is much more full-frequency.
Director: John Ford
The audio on the Warner Archive Blu-ray is appalling. It starts to cutoff at around 6kHz to have nothing above 10kHz. The LaserDisc is much more full-frequency.
More Drama on Blu-ray
BFI 4K Blu-ray is significantly better than older Blu-ray however the HDR grade is questionable as it introduces black crushes, see nic's review and caps
For Blu-rays, Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray > MoC Blu-ray see caps
BFI 4K Blu-ray
All disc sourced from the 4K restoration use the same solid audio track. Older DVD releases are from a higher generation source with less detail and more hiss.
BFI 4K Blu-ray is significantly better than older Blu-ray however the HDR grade is questionable as it introduces black crushes, see nic's review and caps
For Blu-rays, Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray > MoC Blu-ray see caps
BFI 4K Blu-ray
All disc sourced from the 4K restoration use the same solid audio track. Older DVD releases are from a higher generation source with less detail and more hiss.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (same as all tracks since the DVD)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (same as all tracks since the DVD)
Director: Neil Jordan
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (caps)
Criterion is a new restoration from the original camera negative, supervised and approved by director Neil Jordan, graded using a 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive as a color reference.
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Criterion is a new transfer from the magnetic track and sounds better than previous releases. The 5.1 track on the NTSC DVD is a poor quality upmix.
Director: Neil Jordan
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (caps)
Criterion is a new restoration from the original camera negative, supervised and approved by director Neil Jordan, graded using a 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive as a color reference.
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Criterion is a new transfer from the magnetic track and sounds better than previous releases. The 5.1 track on the NTSC DVD is a poor quality upmix.
Director: Michael Haneke
2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray or 2013 TF1 FR Blu-ray (caps)
Curzon has a slightly better encode and preserves all the noise of the digital source, but ends up obscuring actual detail in some shots. Both are quite good, only caveat being that the TF1 disc is slightly cropped and has a black bar on top.
2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray
2008 Artificial Eye UK and 2025 Umbrella AU discs have incorrect pitch. TF1 FR disc is missing 7 minutes of audio in the left channel. See spectrograms.
Director: Michael Haneke
2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray or 2013 TF1 FR Blu-ray (caps)
Curzon has a slightly better encode and preserves all the noise of the digital source, but ends up obscuring actual detail in some shots. Both are quite good, only caveat being that the TF1 disc is slightly cropped and has a black bar on top.
2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray
2008 Artificial Eye UK and 2025 Umbrella AU discs have incorrect pitch. TF1 FR disc is missing 7 minutes of audio in the left channel. See spectrograms.
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (caps)
Criterion is a very nice uptick in detail and resolution. The color grade is very similar, but leans more neutral, reducing the greenish/blueish hues seen on the MoC disc.
Unrestored: Shochiku JP NTSC DVD
Restored: Masters of Cinema UK Blu-ray
The JP DVD track is unfiltered and sounds much more natural and detailed, but suffers from a strong CRT whine and an intermittent low-end hum. The track used on all later restorations is a bit muffled and has overemphasized bass.
Criterion applied additional EQ and roll-off to the restored track, but the audible difference is minimal.
Criterion has a different translation to MoC, but both are solid and trade blows, see comparison.
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (caps)
Criterion is a very nice uptick in detail and resolution. The color grade is very similar, but leans more neutral, reducing the greenish/blueish hues seen on the MoC disc.
Unrestored: Shochiku JP NTSC DVD
Restored: Masters of Cinema UK Blu-ray
The JP DVD track is unfiltered and sounds much more natural and detailed, but suffers from a strong CRT whine and an intermittent low-end hum. The track used on all later restorations is a bit muffled and has overemphasized bass.
Criterion applied additional EQ and roll-off to the restored track, but the audible difference is minimal.
Criterion has a different translation to MoC, but both are solid and trade blows, see comparison.
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Director: Jan de Bont
DE Turbine is similar in quality, US Warner Bros is worse (caps: EU vs US, EU vs DE)
The 4K discs have different color timing to the older master, see caps.
The 2012 DE Turbine disc is the master as the 2008 US Warner Bros, only with some sharpening and a layer of added grain.
2008 Warner Bros US Blu-ray, the EU disc from Universal has neutered bass.
4K Blu-ray Atmos track is much more compressed in all channels.
Director: Jan de Bont
DE Turbine is similar in quality, US Warner Bros is worse (caps: EU vs US, EU vs DE)
The 4K discs have different color timing to the older master, see caps.
The 2012 DE Turbine disc is the master as the 2008 US Warner Bros, only with some sharpening and a layer of added grain.
2008 Warner Bros US Blu-ray, the EU disc from Universal has neutered bass.
4K Blu-ray Atmos track is much more compressed in all channels.
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Director: Jacques Audiard
France Pathé 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Atmos audio
Director: Jacques Audiard
France Pathé 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Atmos audio
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