Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930) poster

Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930)

L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes

Comedy, Drama • 0m

Director: Louis J. Gasnier

Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Claudette Colbert, Émile Chautard, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Sandra Ravel, Armand Kaliz, Frank O'Neill, André Cheron, Jacques Jou-Jerville, Arthur Hurni, Louis Mercier

Not available on home video

No Home Media

This film has never had an official home-video release in any territory. Repertory screenings and archive prints are currently the only way to see it.

Overview

Paramount Pictures produced this French-language version of Slightly Scarlet (1930) , shot on the same sets and using some of the same actors, for the European market.

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Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Upcoming Release:

US Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray re-release announced with Dolby Vision, a new exclusive bonus, and the previously retailer pre-order bonus-exclusive/Hong Kong-exclusive bonus interviews in HD

Best Video:

Italy Eagle Pictures

Video Notes:

Italy Eagle Pictures has DV, better encode, and no brightness shifts compared to Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray for the original Dolby Atmos mix

Additional Info:

Hong Kong Panorama 4K Blu-ray has two interviews available in HD that are SD everywhere else and only included as retailer-exclusive pre-order bonus DVDs with the US Blu-ray

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4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray minimal picture upgrade (2K upscale)

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray has good new Atmos mix

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Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Sony release without the filtering; Comparison between Sony and Criterion.

Best Audio:

Mono: 1994 LaserDisc (marginally, unfiltered) or Criterion 4K Blu-ray (filtered)
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> US Kino Lorber

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Best English-Friendly & Video:

2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027

Best Audio:

Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.

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4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion

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