Humoresque (1947)
Drama, Romance • 2h 5m
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Joan Chandler, Tom D'Andrea, Peggy Knudsen, Ruth Nelson, Craig Stevens, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Gaines, John Abbott, Robert Blake, Tommy Cook, Don McGuire, Fritz Leiber, Peg La Centra, Nestor Paiva, Harlan Briggs, Bess Flowers, Creighton Hale, Gary Armstrong, Sylvia Arslan, Leah Baird, Janet Barrett, Patricia Barry, Monte Blue, James Carlisle, Gino Corrado, Oliver Cross, John J. Darby, Jack Deery, Eric DeLamarter, Tom Ferrandini, Kenneth Gibson, Marion Gray, Angela Greene, Jane Harker, Ann Lawrence, Ethelreda Leopold, King Lockwood, Leota Lorraine, Jean MacMurray, Esther Michelson, Harold Miller, Monty O'Grady, Paul Panzer, Foster H. Phinney, Edwina Pierse, Louis Quince, Fred Rapport, Ramon Ros, Don Turner, Richard Walsh, Florence Wix, Leo Wonder, Max Linder, Stuart Hall
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Warner Archive Blu-ray in October
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Martin Scorsese
Other releases have horrendous DNR
Director: Roman Polanski
Kino Lorber disc has audio pitch errors
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Terrence Malick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Lovely underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion but encode is sadly low-pass filtered by Pixelogic, and even then, the encode is still less than ideal. Still easily obliterates any prior disc release, but certainly wouldn't hurt to have a UK or German label take a crack at this same master.
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Sourced from a 4K scan of the 35mm Fine Grain. Even with its unfortunate and noticeable print damage, tears, and other issues, still easily beats any prior disc release, though the Imprint BD (same master as Kino, but inferior encode) included in their Essential Film Noir Collection Vol. 3 set does include more extras. https://youtu.be/-Wrsn6-XJCo
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
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