The Iron Mistress (1952)
History, Drama, Action, Western, Romance • 1h 50m
Overview
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse's murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk, Alf Kjellin, Douglas Dick, Anthony Caruso, Nedrick Young, George Voskovec, Richard Carlyle, Robert Emhardt, Don Beddoe, Harold Gordon, Jay Novello, Nick Dennis, Sarah Selby, Dick Paxton, George J. Lewis, Edward Colmans, Gordon Nelson, Daria Massey, Leon Alton, John Alvin, Ernest Anderson, Walter Bacon, Salvador Baguez, Richard Bartell, John Barton, Madge Blake, Oliver Blake, Eugene Borden, Chet Brandenburg, Harry Brown, Morgan Brown, Ivan Browning, Argentina Brunetti, Morris Buchanan, Peter Camlin, Fred Cavens, Charlita, Ann Codee, Jean Del Val, Stanley Fraser, Jack Carr, Tom Coleman, Gayle Kellogg, Alberto Morin, Hal Taggart
Director: Gordon Douglas
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps
SF is in 1.66 aspect ratio. Whether this is the intended ratio or a compromise isn't clear.
American Film Institute's catalog and Variety's contemporary review list it as 1.66, but other sources disagree.
Exhibitor's contemporary review lists it as 1.85, IMDB and an internal pre-production note from Warner Bros. list it as 1.75.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps
SF is in 1.66 aspect ratio. Whether this is the intended ratio or a compromise isn't clear.
American Film Institute's catalog and Variety's contemporary review list it as 1.66, but other sources disagree.
Exhibitor's contemporary review lists it as 1.85, IMDB and an internal pre-production note from Warner Bros. list it as 1.75.
Director: Gordon Douglas
US Twilight Time OOP or Germany WVG Medien
Director: Gordon Douglas
US Twilight Time OOP or Germany WVG Medien
Director: William Dieterle
Director: William Dieterle
Director: Jack Conway
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
HBO Max HD Streaming
Director: Jack Conway
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
HBO Max HD Streaming
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: László Kardos
Director: László Kardos
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Irving Reis
Director: Irving Reis
More History on Blu-ray
Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Zee5 Streaming has the original Telugu audio and English subtitles (albeit with English portions also overdubbed in Telugu)
Netflix Streaming only has the Hindi dub but better video quality
France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray coming in December
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray has original Telugu Atmos audio
Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Zee5 Streaming has the original Telugu audio and English subtitles (albeit with English portions also overdubbed in Telugu)
Netflix Streaming only has the Hindi dub but better video quality
France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray coming in December
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray
Japan Twin Co. 4K Blu-ray has original Telugu Atmos audio
Director: Joe Wright
Director: Joe Wright
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Richard Linklater
Criterion has English subtitles burned in for the entire film, stylized to look like an old film print.
Director: Richard Linklater
Criterion has English subtitles burned in for the entire film, stylized to look like an old film print.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps
Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison
Theatrical cut is fine.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps
Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison
Theatrical cut is fine.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Director: Zhang Yimou
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
US Paramount has poor encoding
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
US Paramount has poor encoding
Director: Sofia Coppola
Director: Sofia Coppola
Director: Oliver Stone
Theatrical Cut 4K Blu-ray in August
Director's Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray (included with collector's edition)
Theatrical Cut: The Shout UHD DTS-HD 2.0 seems to be the same mix overall as the 1992 laserdisc PCM 2.0 but its not a straight port. Even though there are some minor differences, it does not seem to be a downmix of the 5.1. It could possibly be a new mastering. It has just a tiny bit more dynamic range than the laserdisc, but the laserdisc has a bit more presence in the lower and midrange frequencies.
Director: Oliver Stone
Theatrical Cut 4K Blu-ray in August
Director's Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray (included with collector's edition)
Theatrical Cut: The Shout UHD DTS-HD 2.0 seems to be the same mix overall as the 1992 laserdisc PCM 2.0 but its not a straight port. Even though there are some minor differences, it does not seem to be a downmix of the 5.1. It could possibly be a new mastering. It has just a tiny bit more dynamic range than the laserdisc, but the laserdisc has a bit more presence in the lower and midrange frequencies.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray?
better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray and Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray's encode is awful.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray?
better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray and Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray's encode is awful.
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