Queen Christina (1934)
Romance, History, Drama • 1h 39m
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, David Torrence, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Georges Renavent, Ferdinand Munier, Richard Alexander, Hooper Atchley, Barbara Barondess, Wade Boteler, James Burke, Gladden James, Frank McGlynn Jr., Cora Sue Collins, Carrie Daumery, Muriel Evans, Edward Gargan, Paul Hurst, Lawrence Grant, Sam Harris, Fred Kohler, Edward Norris, Bodil Rosing, Tiny Sandford, C. Montague Shaw, Akim Tamiroff
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Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Director: Leo McCarey
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> Germany Wicked Vision Blu-ray > US Flicker Alley Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
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: Frank Capra
Director: William Dieterle
Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Both 4k master but Kino Lorber has way more contrast (is it as intended?) also different AR http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_131/love_me_tonight_blu-ray.htm
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
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Indicator Blu-ray is minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver caps
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Lloyd Bacon
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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