Not available on home video
This film has never had an official home-video release in any territory. Repertory screenings and archive prints are currently the only way to see it.
Best video release
UCLA has 35mm restoration available see https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2017/03/18/mamba-cheer-up-smile
About the film
When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.
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Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper
Director: Leo McCarey
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
UK MoC Blu-ray > 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: James P. Hogan
Video format: Only Unofficial Sources
Sources: search.library.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)
Very rough unofficial VHS rip exists online.
UCLA has complete 16mm safety print but no release or restoration yet https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/tk6osu/alma99122723506533
Directors: Kathy Levitt & Christine Lesiak & Michie Gleason
Video format: HD Streaming
UCLA Official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdp5C-kgbd0
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Director: Nick Elliot
Video format: HD Streaming
UCLA HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnNsO9KFq4
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Director: David García
Video format: Only Unofficial Sources
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Unofficial Youtube
New UCLA restoration no release yet
Director: Frank Tashlin
Video format: HD Streaming
UCLA official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-0VXePcJcM
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Director: Sid Laverents
Video format: HD Streaming
UCLA Official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mblxjfh5kE
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
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