The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Comedy • 1h 19m
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, David Manners, Lowell Sherman, Phillips Smalley, Sidney Bracey, Betty Grable, Louise Beavers, Ward Bond, Bill Elliott, Wilson Benge, Harry Bowen, Jack Byron, Charles Coleman, Albert Conti, Patrick Cunning, Jay Eaton, Budd Fine, Creighton Hale, Arthur Housman, Arthur Millett, Larry Steers, Henry Taylor, Harry Tenbrook, Ellinor Vanderveer, Walter Walker, Barbara Weeks
AlphaVideo OOP DVD or Mill Creek Hollywood Comedy Legends DVD
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 10 months ago
Library of Congress and Film Foundation had a new 2023 restoration but no release yet
Overview
A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal each other's boyfriends.
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: William Dieterle
Director: David Butler
Video format: Only Unofficial Sources
Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
The DVD isn't an official one, and according to a user review on Amazon:
This DVD comes from Archive.org, where the movie can be viewed for free. The original source, comes from the Fox Movie Channel
Director: Lowell Sherman
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Judging from other movies in the boxset, Indicator Blu-ray is likely to be minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver
Quality: 2005 AlphaVideo DVD
Longer Footage: 2013 WB The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3
Director: Frank O'Connor
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Video format: DVD
AlphaVideo or Kino Lorber OOP or Grapevine OOP DVD
No comparison available
Director: Charles Swickard
AlphaVideo DVD or Image Entertainment Treasures from the American Archive DVD
AlphaVideo DVD or Image Entertainment Treasures from the American Archive DVD no comparison available
Sources: bitratiovideo.com (opens in a new tab)
US Bitratio Blu-ray coming soon
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