Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Comedy, Fantasy, Music • 1h 41m
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.
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
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Directors: Vincente Minnelli & Lemuel Ayers & Roy Del Ruth & George Sidney & Robert Lewis
Directors: Vincente Minnelli & Lemuel Ayers & Roy Del Ruth & George Sidney & Robert Lewis
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Director: Roy Del Ruth
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
Director: Steven Shainberg
Director: Rob Reiner
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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