Liliom (1930)
Drama • 1h 34m
Overview
A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. Because of the robbery, he dies, and after spending time in hell, is sent back to earth for one day to try to make amends. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H.B. Warner, Lee Tracy, Walter Abel, Mildred Van Dorn, Anne Shirley, Bert Roach, James A. Marcus, Harvey Clark, Frankie Genardi, Oscar Apfel, Sidney D'Albrook, June Gittelson, Martha Mattox, Jack Raymond, Phillips Smalley, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Lillian Elliott
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
No comparison available, but from track record, Indicator Blu-ray is likely better than Kino Lorber
No comparison available, but from track record, Indicator Blu-ray is likely better than Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Borzage
BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Borzage
BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Amazon US Streaming is from the 2018 UCLA restoration. Olive Films Blu-ray is from an older scan and quite rough. caps
Olive Films Blu-ray is again rough, with distortion, crackle and other issues, but sounds much more natural. With some EQ the restored track can be significantly improved
Amazon US Streaming is from the 2018 UCLA restoration. Olive Films Blu-ray is from an older scan and quite rough. caps
Olive Films Blu-ray is again rough, with distortion, crackle and other issues, but sounds much more natural. With some EQ the restored track can be significantly improved
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Edit History
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Format
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DVD
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DVD
Best English-Friendly Release
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Murnau, Borzage and Fox DVD boxset
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Murnau, Borzage and Fox DVD boxset
Best Video Release
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Murnau, Borzage and Fox DVD boxset
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Murnau, Borzage and Fox DVD boxset
Blu-ray.com
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https://www.blu-ray.com/Liliom/1054366/#Releases
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https://www.blu-ray.com/Liliom/1054366/#Releases
