The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
Drama, Crime • 1h 13m
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy, Richard Cromwell, Guy Kibbee, Leslie Fenton, Frank McHugh, Evalyn Knapp, Charles Middleton, Mary Doran, Thomas E. Jackson, C. Henry Gordon, Louise Beavers, Wade Boteler, George Chandler, Richard Cramer, Jesse De Vorska, Jacquie Lyn, Lillian Harmer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Hank Mann, Claire McDowell, Don Dillaway, Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 10 months ago
Overview
A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.
Director: Leo McCarey
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
> 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: 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: Michael Curtiz
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Michael Curtiz
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Michael Curtiz
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
(caveat: has a slight error)
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2008 WB Blu-ray (from a 2003 transfer)
(Still not great)
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Lloyd Bacon
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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