Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Comedy, Fantasy, Music • 1h 41m
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Virginia O'Brien, Rags Ragland, Zero Mostel, Tommy Dorsey, Donald Meek, Douglass Dumbrille, George Givot, Louise Beavers, Richard Ainley, Grace Albertson, Kay Aldridge, Ernie Alexander, Richard Alexander, Sig Arno, Eleanor Bayley, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Bedford, Brooks Benedict, Clara Blandick, Hazel Brooks, Pauline Byrne, Jack Byron, James Carlisle, Jack Carrington, Georgia Carroll, Emmett Casey, Willy Castello, Thomas Clarke, Chester Clute, Theo Coffman, Charles Coleman, Edward Cooper, Inez Cooper, Maurice Costello, Earl Covert, Cecil Cunningham, Natalie Draper, Ziggy Elman, William Forrest, Christian J. Frank, Mary Jane French, Ava Gardner, John George, June Glory, Jack Gordon, Dolly Haas, Aileen Haley, Ben Hall, Harry Hayden, Dick Haymes, Dell Henderson, John Huddleston, Delos Jewkes, Charles Judels, Faith Kruger, Mitchell Lewis, Chuck Lowry, Marilyn Maxwell, Claire McDowell, Art Miles, Six Hits and a Miss, Hans Moebus, Buddy Morrow, Sol Murgi, Joyce Murray, Paul Newlan, Ruth Ownbey, Emory Parnell, Paul Power, Sheila Rae, Gene Ramey, Virginia Rees, Mitchell Rhein, Buddy Rich, Cyril Ring, Jo Stafford, Harry Stanton, Andrew Tombes, Lana Turner, Dorothy Tuttle, Michael Visaroff, Pierre Watkin, Allan Watson, Eve Whitney, Kay Williams, Don Wilson, Clark Yocum
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli & Lemuel Ayers & Roy Del Ruth & George Sidney & Robert Lewis
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: John Ford
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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
Director: Lloyd Bacon
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
More Comedy on Blu-ray
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
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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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Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Director: Terry Jones
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The Criterion BD, which is sold separately, has a clunky encode unlike the Criterion UHD, even if it plays better in motion than the caps would suggest. Still, provided you're equipped to play 4K discs, UHD or bust for this one. https://slow.pics/c/hmDYlKgE
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