The Merry Widow (1934)
Comedy, Music, Romance • 1h 39m
Overview
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Minna Gombell, Ruth Channing, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek, Herman Bing, Jacklyn Alexander, Lona Andre, Henry Armetta, Zita Baca, Barbara Barondess, George Baxter, Cosmo Kyrle Bellew, Sheila Bromley, Tyler Brooke, Kathleen Burke, A.S. Byron, Richard Carle, Nora Cecil, Shirley Chambers, Lane Chandler, Claudia Coleman, Gino Corrado, Dorothy Dehn, Jill Dennett, Paul Ellis, Patricia Farley, Christian J. Frank, Otto Fries, Dorothy Granger, Roger Gray, Winter Hall, Mary Halsey, Jeanne Hart, Tom Herbert, Arthur Housman, Eleanor Hunt, Perry Ivins, Leonid Kinskey, Connie La Mont, Barbara Leonard, George J. Lewis, Caryl Lincoln, Bella Loblov, Jacques Lory, George Magrill, Eric Mayne, Wilmuth Merkyl, John 'Skins' Miller, Frank O'Connor, Akim Tamiroff, Lya Lys
Film Detective or Film Masters Blu-ray 4K restoration from 35mm Original Camera Negative
Film Detective or Film Masters Blu-ray 4K restoration from 35mm Original Camera Negative
Director: Nick Grindé
Director: Nick Grindé
Director: William Beaudine
Director: William Beaudine
Director: George B. Seitz
Director: George B. Seitz
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Frank Tuttle
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Director: James Whale
MoC 4K Blu-ray. Here are some screenshots that include the Cohen Blu-ray and the poor Germany 4K with terrible fake HDR. David’s DV grade is way more subtle and doesn’t blow out the highlights
Director: James Whale
MoC 4K Blu-ray. Here are some screenshots that include the Cohen Blu-ray and the poor Germany 4K with terrible fake HDR. David’s DV grade is way more subtle and doesn’t blow out the highlights
Directors: Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley
Directors: Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Subjective, but the concertina score by Bernard Wrigley on the OOP MoC Blu-ray is generally regarded as very weak. For example, it frequently doesn't match the action. The Meg Morley score on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray is considered superior.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Subjective, but the concertina score by Bernard Wrigley on the OOP MoC Blu-ray is generally regarded as very weak. For example, it frequently doesn't match the action. The Meg Morley score on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray is considered superior.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Video comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/ryvPN8Uu
Audio comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/KEs7dwRg
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Video comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/ryvPN8Uu
Audio comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/KEs7dwRg
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
The 1997 LaserDisc has more high end detail in the audio than the new restoration
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
The 1997 LaserDisc has more high end detail in the audio than the new restoration
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
Director: Na Hong-jin
2016 Well Go Blu-ray
The 2024 Well Go 4K, as well as Apple TV Streaming is a lazy upscale https://www.reddit.com/user/Menspookie/comments/1no86mt/follow_up_the_wailing_4k_digital_ai_upscaling_on/
2016 Well Go Blu-ray.
Director: Na Hong-jin
2016 Well Go Blu-ray
The 2024 Well Go 4K, as well as Apple TV Streaming is a lazy upscale https://www.reddit.com/user/Menspookie/comments/1no86mt/follow_up_the_wailing_4k_digital_ai_upscaling_on/
2016 Well Go Blu-ray.
Director: Clarence Brown
Director: Clarence Brown
Directors: Ted Berman & Richard Rich
Directors: Ted Berman & Richard Rich
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Director: Phil Karlson
Director: Phil Karlson
Director: Mariano Llinás
Director: Mariano Llinás
Director: Jeff Tremaine
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
The only physical release of the 3D version is an anaglyph DVD, which is worse resolution than the full colour digital HD release.
Director: Jeff Tremaine
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
The only physical release of the 3D version is an anaglyph DVD, which is worse resolution than the full colour digital HD release.
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