An American Tragedy (1931)
Crime, Drama, Romance • 1h 36m
Overview
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel, Frederick Burton, Claire McDowell, Wallace Middleton, Emmett Corrigan, Charles Middleton, Lucille La Verne, Al Hart, Fanny Midgley, Arnold Korff, Russ Powell, Ed Brady, Richard Cramer, Claire Dodd, Robert Dudley, George Irving, Arline Judge, Nella Walker, William Bailey, Martin Cichy, James Durkin, Elizabeth Forrester, Sherry Hall, Evelyn Pierce, Vivian Winston
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: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
All very old restoration, but Kino Lorber > Germany Universum > MoC. Kino Lorber Germany Blu-ray has more noise reduction while English version's noise reduction is kept at minimum. MoC has very week encoding and crushed blacks.
Sources:
caps-a-holic on MoC vs Germany
DVDBeaver on Kino Lorber vs MoC
2001 Kino Lorber DVD or 2003 Eureka DVD
Director: Josef von Sternberg
All very old restoration, but Kino Lorber > Germany Universum > MoC. Kino Lorber Germany Blu-ray has more noise reduction while English version's noise reduction is kept at minimum. MoC has very week encoding and crushed blacks.
Sources:
caps-a-holic on MoC vs Germany
DVDBeaver on Kino Lorber vs MoC
2001 Kino Lorber DVD or 2003 Eureka DVD
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Indicator Blu-ray has better encoding than Criterion Blu-ray, both 4K restoration, see DVDBeaver caps
No caps on France Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Indicator Blu-ray has better encoding than Criterion Blu-ray, both 4K restoration, see DVDBeaver caps
No caps on France Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
MoC slightly better than Kino Lorber http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/anatahan_blu-ray.htm
Director: Josef von Sternberg
MoC slightly better than Kino Lorber http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/anatahan_blu-ray.htm
Director: Albert Brooks
Director: Albert Brooks
Director: James Bridges
Director: James Bridges
Director: Bill Forsyth
Director: Bill Forsyth
Director: Stuart Heisler
Director: Stuart Heisler
Director: Jean Rollin
Director: Jean Rollin
Director: David Hemmings
Director: David Hemmings
Director: Jean Rollin
Director: Jean Rollin
Director: Michael Laughlin
Director: Michael Laughlin
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