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Blondie of the Follies (1932)
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Blondie of the Follies (1932)

Drama, Comedy • 1h 31m

Director: Edmund Goulding

Cast: Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Billie Dove, Jimmy Durante, James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Sidney Toler, Douglass Dumbrille, Sarah Padden, Louise Carter, Clyde Cook, Rocky Twins, Oscar Apfel, George Cooper, Billy Gilbert, Wilbur Mack, C. Montague Shaw, Charles Williams

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About the film

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.

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Director: Ernst Lubitsch

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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: William Dieterle

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Director: Leo McCarey

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Directors: Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack

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MoC Blu-ray offers both restored and an unrestored tracks

Director: Edgar Selwyn

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4K restoration

Director: John Ford

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Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements

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Director: Howard Hawks

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Director: Edmund Goulding

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Director: Edmund Goulding

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UK Signal One Blu-ray is marginally better than Criterion Blu-ray, same 4K restoration, see caps

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Director: John Huston

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Director: Jerry Schatzberg

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Director: David Lean

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Director: Vincente Minnelli

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Director: Roy Del Ruth

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4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives

Director: Richard Brooks

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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Vincent Sherman

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Director: George Pal

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