Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
Drama, Romance • 1h 45m
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Richard Long, Natalie Wood, John Wengraf, Sonny Howe, Ian Wolfe, Joyce Mackenzie, Jesse Graves, Henry Hastings, Boyd Irwin, Tom Wirick, Jack Cheatham, Lois Austin, Charles D. Brown, Mike Donovan, Jessica Grayson, Milton Kibbee, Anne Loos, Thomas Louden, Irving Pichel, Gary Pietila, Douglas Wood, Leonard Carey, Jeffrey Sayre, Lane Chandler, Lane Watson, Sam Wren, Libby Taylor, Betty Greco, Barbara Bletcher, Marguerite Campbell, Helen Gerald, Anne Howard, Bobbie Brooks, Nena Ruth, Evan Thomas, Carmen Beretta, Carli Elinor, Louis Lowy, Charles H. Faber, Rudolf Myzet, Tina Menard, Lala Detolly, Loulette Sablon, Catherine Savitsky, Waclaw Rekwart, Count Stefenelli, Amzie Strickland, Hilda Tanzler, William Dyer Jr., Jack Lindquist, Michael Sloane, Frank Chalfant, Buster Phelps, Eugene Taylor, Bob Tidwell, Frank Wyrick
About the film
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
UK MoC Blu-ray > Germany Wicked Vision Blu-ray > US Flicker Alley Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
Director: Irving Pichel
Kino Lorber Barbara Stanwyck Collection Blu-ray
ClassicFlix Fleischer Cartoons: Greatest Hits, Volume 1 Blu-ray
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Also available in official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3urxyp4wEgw
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)
Potentially new restoration UCLA premiere
Director: Robert F. McGowan
ClassicFlix The Little Rascals Volume 2 Blu-ray
Director: Frank Capra
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
ClassicFlix Blu-ray is using the same source and is superior to Youtube 4K Streaming
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
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Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Roman Polanski
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UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379
Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)
Director: John Woo
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Arrow has a different grade and a better encode than the Shout! Factory, though the difference in either is not major. Imprint release, which leaves Shout! Factory's master and subtitles as is, is encoded by FiM. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24473097&postcount=56
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Imprint presumably used the Shout! Factory original mix and left it as is, though no official confirmation.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
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